Amino acid estimates of latitudinal temperature gradients and geochronology of loess deposition during the last glaciation, Mississippi Valley, United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 892-903

  Oches, Eric A ^a   McCoy, William D ^b   Clark, Peter U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOLLUSCS; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARRHENIUS PARAMETERS; CHRONOLOGICAL DATUM; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOESS DEPOSITION; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; PALEOTEMPERATURES; DIAGENETICS; MISSISSIPPI;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; COOLING; DIAGENESIS; GASTROPOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATITUDE; LOESS; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SHELL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030439237     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0892:AAEOLT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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