Holocene eolian activity in the Minot dune field, North Dakota

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1442-1459

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^b   Been, Josh ^a   Mahan, Shannon A ^a   Burdett, James ^a   Skipp, Gary ^a   Rowland, Zachary Muhs ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN PROCESSES; DUNE FIELD; HOLOCENE; SAND MOVEMENT;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0031425865     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-117     Document Type: Article

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