Paleosols and Weathering Through Geologic Time: Principles and Applications

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Field recognition of paleosols

Paleosols and the evolution of the atmosphere; Part II

Recognition and chemical characterization of fossil soils developed on alluvium; A Late Ordovician example

A paleosol interpretation for profiles exhibiting subaerial exposure “crusts” from the Mississippian of the Appalachian Basin

Pedogenesis of some Pennsylvanian underclays; Ground-water, topographic, and tectonic controls

Calcareous paleosols in the Triassic Dolores Formation, southwestern Colorado

Paleosols from some Cretaceous environments in the southeastern United States

Pedofacies analysis; A new approach to reconstructing ancient fluvial sequences

Climatic influences on rates and processes of soil development in Quaternary deposits of southern California

Back Matter