Research Catalog

Title

Soils of the past : an introduction to paleopedology / Gregory J. Retallack.

Author

Retallack, Greg J. (Greg John), 1951-

Publication

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, c2001.

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Details

Description

xi, 404 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Subject

Paleopedology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-393) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Soils and paleosols -- 1. Paleopedology -- 2. Soils on and under the landscape -- 3. Features of fossil soils -- 4. Soil-forming processes -- 5. Soil classification -- 6. Mapping and naming paleosols -- 7. Alteration of paleosols after burial -- pt. 2. Factors in soil formation -- 8. Models of soil formation -- 9. Climate -- 10. Organisms -- 11. Topographic relief as a factor -- 12. Parent material as a factor -- 13. Time as a factor -- pt. 3. Fossil record of soils -- 14. A long-term natural experiment in pedogenesis -- 15. Soils of other worlds -- 16. Earth's earliest landscapes -- 17. Early life on land -- 18. Large plants and animals on land -- 19. Afforestation of the land -- 20. Grasses in dry continental interiors -- 21. Human impact on landscapes.

ISBN

0632053763 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^00045445^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library