Late Holocene eolian activity in the mineralogically mature Nebraska Sand Hills

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-176

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^b   Swinehart, James B ^c   Cowherd, Scott D ^a   Mahan, Shannon A ^a   Bush, Charles A ^a   Madole, Richard F ^a   Maat, Paula B ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 0001504793     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1913     Document Type: Article

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