Regional aridity in North America during the middle Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Dean, Walter E ^a   Ahlbrandt, Thomas S ^a   Anderson, Roger Y ^b   Bradbury, J Platt ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

aeolian activity; aridity; geomagnetism; Great Plains; North America; Palaeoclimate; solar cycles; varves

Indexed keywords

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

AEOLIAN ACTIVITY; ARIDITY; GEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOCLIMATE; SOLAR CYCLE; VARVE;

USA, GREAT PLAINS; USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029660061     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600202     Document Type: Article

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