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A FOSSIL BROWN FOREST SOIL FROM ANGUS
Author(s) -
ROMANS J. C. C.,
DURNO S. E.,
ROBERTSON L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1973.tb00747.x
Subject(s) - woodland , deciduous , geography , forestry , agroforestry , ecology , environmental science , archaeology , biology
Summary A soil profile preserved below a barrow of Neolithic age appears to have been a brown forest soil developed under deciduous woodland in which oak was an important component. There is evidence of Neolithic forest clearance.