SOME ASPECTS OF QUATERNARY SOILS IN CANADA

Autor:	R. H. King, C. R. De Kimpe, W. J. Vreeken, J. F. Dormaar, C. Tarnocai, S. A. Harris, K. W. G. Valentine
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Peat Environmental change Earth science Soil Science Paleosol law.invention Pedogenesis law Radiocarbon dating Quaternary Geomorphology Holocene Geology Chronology
Zdroj:	Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 67:221-247
ISSN:	1918-1841 0008-4271
DOI:	10.4141/cjss87-021
Popis:	This review describes some aspects of Canadian soils that are relevant to the Quaternary. It includes a description of the Quaternary Period in Canada, including a chronology of the major events that influenced soil formation, and the implication of the Quaternary to Canadian soils. The contribution of relict and buried paleosols to Quaternary stratigraphy and the reconstruction of paleoenvironments is then discussed, including some of the inherent problems. Pedologic evidence of environmental change in the southern Rocky Mountains, including tephrostratigraphy, is followed by a description, with numerous radiocarbon dates, of Holocene peat deposits. The review concludes with a discussion of weathering and saprolites in eastern Canada. Key words: Quaternary, Holocene, paleosols, stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, peat
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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