Palaeosols
Their Recognition and Interpretation
Published on 21. October 1986
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-0-632-01336-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book contains nine selected reviews and case studies on palaeopedology, including the geological history of soils, time resolution in alluvial stratigraphy, and Quaternary pedogenesis. Case studies illustrating the various approaches to paleosols and their uses in archaeology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and basin analysis are also included.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
97 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
819 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-01336-4 (9780632013364)
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Content
The fossil record of soils; Pedogenic calcretes in the old red sandstone facies (late Silurian - early Carboniferous) of the Anglo-Welsh area, southern Britain; Paleosols containing an albic horizon: examples from the upper Carboniferous of northern Britain; The calcareous paleosols of the basal Purbeck formation (Upper Jurassic), southern England; Tectonic control on alluvial sedimentation as revealed by an ancient Catena in the Capella formation (Eocene) of northern Spain; Paleosols and time resolution in alluvial stratigraphy; Recognition of paleosols in Quaternary periglacial and volcanic environments in New Zealand; Pre-Flandrian Quaternary soils and pedogenic processes in Britain; Paleosols in archaeology: their role in understanding Flandrian pedogenesis.