UID:
edoccha_9960073538402883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-08-093219-3
Series Statement:
Developments in sedimentology, v. 66
Content:
Slope deposits are common in any inclined relief. So-called cover beds may veil entire landscapes, in which case they are commonly overlooked or confused with soil horizons. This book focuses on these widespread deposits and discusses their properties, genesis, and age mainly in subdued mountains of Central Europe, where to date most research on the matter has been conducted. The ecological consequences of such slope deposits on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures are addressed. Finally, transfer of the cover-bed concept to other mid-latitude regions is attempted for the reconst
Note:
"ISSN: 0070-4571."
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Front Cover; Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds); Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. Scope of the Book; 1.2. Structure of the Book; 1.3. Terminology; 1.4. History of Ideas; 1.5. Cover Beds in the Context of the ``Earth's Critical-Zone ́ ́ Concept; Chapter 2: Subdued Mountains of Central Europe; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Sedimentary Properties of Layers; 2.2.1. The Basal Layer; 2.2.2. The Intermediate Layer; 2.2.3. The Upper Layer; 2.3. Distribution and Thickness of Layers; 2.3.1. The Basal Layer; 2.3.2. The Intermediate Layer; 2.3.3. The Upper Layer
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2.3.4. Overview of the Distribution of Periglacial Cover Beds2.4. Classification Issues; 2.4.1. Discrimination Among Pleistocene Cover Beds; 2.4.2. Anthropogenic Layers; 2.4.2.1. Genesis and Classification of Anthropogenic Layers; 2.4.2.2. Properties of Anthropogenic Layers; 2.4.2.3. Discrimination of Anthropogenic Layers from Periglacial Cover Beds; 2.5. Statistical Approach to Layer Properties and Distribution; 2.5.1. Approach; 2.5.2. Basal-Layer Properties; 2.5.3. Intermediate-Layer Properties; 2.5.4. Upper-Layer Properties; 2.5.5. Overall View on Statistical Results
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2.6. Genesis of Cover Beds2.6.1. The Basal Layer; 2.6.2. The Intermediate Layer; 2.6.3. The Upper Layer; 2.6.4. Incorporation of Substrates; 2.6.4.1. Incorporation Processes; 2.6.4.2. Case Study I: Sandreuth, Northeastern Bavaria; 2.6.4.3. Case Study II: Spessart Mountains, Southeastern Hesse; 2.7. Chronology of Periglacial Cover Beds; 2.7.1. Relative-Age Criteria; 2.7.1.1. Introduction; 2.7.1.2. Age of the Basal Layer; 2.7.1.3. Age of the Intermediate Layer; 2.7.1.4. Age of the Upper Layer; 2.7.2. Numerical Dating of Periglacial Cover Beds; 2.7.2.1. Introduction
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2.7.2.2. Methodical Difficulties in Dating Cover Beds2.7.2.3. Luminescence-Dating Results from Basal Layers; 2.7.2.4. Luminescence-Dating Results from Intermediate Layers; 2.7.2.5. Luminescence-Dating Results from Upper Layers; 2.7.2.6. Conclusions; 2.8. Regional Differences in Cover-Bed Properties and Distribution; 2.8.1. Highest Altitudes of Subdued Mountains; 2.8.2. Rhenish Massif; 2.8.3. Carbonate Rocks of the Eastern Thuringian Basin; 2.8.3.1. Introduction; 2.8.3.2. Properties and Distribution of Cover Beds; 2.8.3.3. Conclusions; Chapter 3: Influence of Cover Beds on Soils
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3.1. Introduction3.2. An Integrated Soil-Evolution Model for Lithologically Discontinuous Soil; 3.3. Pedogenesis in Cover Beds; 3.4. Consequences for Soil Properties; 3.4.1. Theory of Soil Properties in Lithologically Discontinuous Soil; 3.4.2. Physical Soil Properties; 3.4.2.1. Texture in Lithologically Discontinuous Soil; 3.4.2.2. Soil Water in Lithologically Discontinuous Soil; 3.4.3. Chemical Soil Properties; 3.4.3.1. Geochemical Composition of Cover Beds; 3.4.3.2. Heavy Metals; 3.4.3.3. Oxalate- and Dithionite-Extractable Iron; 3.4.3.4. pH Value and Acidification
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3.4.3.5. Stratigraphic Approach to Alteration in Soils from Cover Beds
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-53118-1
Language:
English
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