Middle holocene aeolian activity on the high plains of west-central Kansas

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Olson, C G ^a   Nettleton, W D ^a   Porter, D A ^b   Brasher, B R ^c  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian activity; High Plains; Kansas; Loess; Loess distribution model; Middle Holocene; Palaeosol; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN ACTIVITY; HOLOCENE; LOESS; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

HIGH PLAINS; KANSAS; USA;

EID: 0030750817     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700301     Document Type: Article

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