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Environmental Sciences

Loamy, Two-Storied Soils on the Outwash Plains of Southwestern Lower Michigan: Pedoturbation of Loess with the Underlying Sand

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Pages 551-572 | Received 01 Feb 2015, Accepted 01 Aug 2015, Published online: 29 Jan 2016

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