Abstract: Abstract Surficial deposits in the Appalachians generally are thin, discontinuous, and difficult to date. In the absence of numerical dates, particularly for older deposits, relative-age indices based on degree of weathering and soil development have been used to distinguish and correlate deposits of different ages. A favorite locale of relative-age studies has been stream terraces, where chronosequences have been developed to shed light on the relationship between time and weathering/soil development. The lack of applicable numerical dating te...
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Topics: 
Geomorphology
Geochemistry
Paleontology