Origin and evolution of lunettes on the high plains of Texas and New Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-69

  Holliday, Vance T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DUNE EVOLUTION; LUNETTE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SAND DUNE; WIND EROSION;

USA, NEW MEXICO; USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0030871262     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1872     Document Type: Article

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