Soil chronosequences in the western United States.
Contributors: Harden, J. W. 1954-; Reheis, Marith C.
Series: U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ;; 1590
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Washington; Denver, CO
Language: eng
Subjects: Soil chronosequences -- West (U.S.); Soils -- West (U.S.); Soil formation -- West (U.S.); Geology -- West (U.S.)
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: ch. A. Soils developed in granitic alluvium near Merced, California / by J.W. Harden; title: ch. B. Soils developed on coastal and fluvial terraces near Ventura, California / by J.W. Harden, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, and G.R. Dembroff; title: ch. C. Gypsic soils on the Kane alluvial fans, Big Horn County, Wyoming / by M.C. Reheis; title: ch. D. Soils in granitic alluvium in humid and semiarid climates along Rock Creek, Carbon County, Montana / by Marith C. Reheis; title: ch. E. Holocene alpine soils in gneissic cirque deposits, Colorado Front Range / by P.W. Birkeland, R.M. Burke, and R.R. Shroba; title: ch. F. The soil chronosequence along the Cowlitz River, Washington / by David P. Dethier.