Chronometry of pedogenic and stratigraphic events from calcite produced by earthworms

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-102

  Canti, Matthew ^a   Bronk Ramsey, Christopher ^b   Hua, Quan ^c   Marshall, Peter ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomineral; Calcite; Earthworm; Radiocarbon; Soil; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; EARTHWORM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84949550070     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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