Utah Geological Survey - Paleoseismology Abstract

Soils as a Tool for Applied Quaternary Geology

Peter W. Birkeland, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Michael N. Machette and Kathleen M. Haller, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

Miscellaneous Publication 91-3, 1991, 63 pages, $6.50

Chapter I: The soil profile and soil-horizon nomenclature

Chapter II: Quantification of field soil descriptions - the profile-development index

Chapter III: Processes and factors of soil formation with emphasis on the parent-material factor

Chapter IV: Climo-chronosequences-the progressive developmentof soils from hyperarid to subhumid climates

Chapter V: Topography-soil relations

Chapter VI: Case studies of soils in applied geology

Appendix: Describing soil properties