Interest in palustrine carbonates and calcretes has increased over the last 20 years since
they contain significant environmental information. Much of the work performed in this area …

Calcretes (synonym: caliches) represent calcium-carbonate accumulations in a variety of
soils (and palaeosols) by pedogenic processes, as well as in surficial sediments in which …

This book provides readers with a well-balanced blend of high-quality photographs, figures
and accompanying texts on the identification of trace fossils, both in core and in outcrop …

The precipitation of calcium carbonate is widespread in soils and regoliths and common
under different environmental settings, especially in soils of arid environments. This topic is …

▪ Abstract The recycling of elements by plants and plant-induced biological activity cause the
rates and products of weathering to be markedly different from what would result in abiotic …

Microcodium is a problematic calcitic microfeature of many calcretes and calcareous
paleosols in the Cretaceous and Tertiary continental and marine successions of the peri …

Calcrete is a general term given to the near-surface, terrestrial accumulation of
predominantly calcium carbonate, which occurs in a variety of forms from powdery to …

Thin carbonate laminae formed by root activity are common within Miocene detrital deposits
of the Duero and Madrid basins. The laminae are about 3 cm thick, extending several metres …

Carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios were determined from~ 100 Lower Cretaceous samples
from four carbonate-bearing facies in Southeast (SE) and Northwest (NW) China for …

Pleistocene alluvial fan surfaces of the Campo de Cartagena–Mar Menor Basin (Murcia, SE
Spain) are capped by thick mature calcretes. Calcrete profiles consist mainly of six different …