Effects of climate change on soils in glacial deposits, Wind River Basin, Wyoming

Auteur :
HALL, R.D.

Description :
In a detailed study of soils in the Wind River Range and Wind River Basin, characteristics of near-surface horizons do not follow age trends. However, the underlying carbonate-bearing horizons do have age-related characteristics. This soil paradox may be related to glacial-interglacial cycles in which 1) wind erodes near-surface horizons and then provides new parent material and 2) cryoturbation disrupts carbonate horizons, remobilizing carbonate and changing carbonate morphology but with only minimal loss of carbonate from the soil.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1999, vol. 51, n°. 3, p. 248-261, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 35 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier