The Holocene phytolith record from Morgan Playa in the Rolling Plains of Texas

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 43, Issue 164, 1998, Pages 187-200

  Fredlund, Glen G ^a   Bousman, C Britt ^b   Boyd, Douglas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Prewitt and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Opal phytoliths; Paleoclimate; Playas; Rolling Plains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000504927     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931899     Document Type: Article

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