Stratigraphic evidence for late-holocene aeolian sand mobilization and soil formation in south-central Kansas, U.S.A.

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-414

  Arbogast, Alan F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aeolian; Holocene; Kansas; sand dunes; stability

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PEDOGENESIS; SAND DUNE;

USA, KANSAS;

EID: 0030303576     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0120     Document Type: Article

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