Call number:
AWI G1-00-0136
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XI, 175 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
0471967114
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/exlibris/aleph/a22_1/apache_media/PRP3SSFS1EN8JD8KIARGACHIIT5D4Q.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Recognition of paleosols
Traces of life
Soil horizons
Soil structure
What else could it be?
Chapter 2. Alteration of paleosols after burial
Burial decomposition of organic matter
Burial gleization of organic matter
Burial reddening of iron oxides and hydroxides
Cementation of primary porosity
Compaction
Illitization of smectite
Coalification of peat
Kerogen maturation and cracking
Recrystallization of carbonate
Metamorphism
Common patterns of alteration
Chapter 3. Interpretation of paleosols
Wetland paleosols of coal measures
Aridland paleosols of calcareous red beds
Paleosols at major geological unconformities
Many influences on soils
Chapter 4. Colour photographs
Root traces
Other biogenic traces
Soil horizons
Soil structures
Soil microfabric
Formation of paleosols
Classification of paleosols
Burial alteration of paleosols
Chapter 5. Methods in palaeopedology
Field documentation and sampling
Petrographic thin sections
Mineral determination by X-ray diffraction
Bulk density determination
Bulk chemical analysis
Palaeopedology itself
References
Glossary
Index
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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