New evidence for the timing of aeolian sand supply to the Algodones dunefield and East Mesa area, southeastern California, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Stokes, S ^a   Kocurek, G ^b   Pye, K ^c   Winspear, N R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aeolian dunes; Algodones dunefield; California; luminescence; optical dating

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; DUNE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, ALGODONES DUNEFIELD;

EID: 0030620744     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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