Soil quality is the competence of soil to perform necessary functions that are able to maintain
animal and plant productivity of the soil. Soil consists of various physical, chemical, and …

The term “cyclothem” was coined by Wanless and Weller (1932) to characterize a repetitive
stratigraphic motif in the Pennsylvanian succession of the Illinois Basin, central USA, and it …

Abstract Upper Permian to Lower Triassic coastal plain successions of the Sydney Basin in
eastern Australia have been investigated in outcrop and continuous drillcores. The purpose …

An integrated study of sediments was conducted to examine the facies architecture and
depositional environment of the Cretaceous Pab Formation, Rakhi Gorge, and Suleiman …

Copper (Cu) isotopes are utilized to track Cu geochemical cycling in weathered gleysols of
tropical zones. A significant isotope fractionation of Cu in these soils is primarily redox …

The mid-Paleozoic colonization of land by plants induced profound changes in the Earth's
surface environments. However, it remains poorly understood how the earliest vascular …

Long-term paleovegetational records from continental settings help in comprehending
regional and global forcing on the abundance of C 3-C 4 plants in the past. The carbon …

Although intensified work on the volcaniclastic-rich sediments of the fossil-bearing
Mussentuchit Member (uppermost Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah) has provided a refined …

Rhizomorphic lycopsids constitute the most derived lycophyte clade and some of the world's
best-known plant fossils. Arboreous taxa within the clade evolved independently of other …

Abstract The Pannonian Basin is a sediment-filled back-arc basin which was formed during
the Late Paleogene–Neogene period. Such sedimentary rocks like bauxites or kaolinites …