Preservation and Recognition of Middle and Early Pleistocene Loess in the Driftless Area, Wisconsin

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Jacobs, Peter M ^a   Knox, James C ^b   Mason, Joseph A ^c  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLINOIA; PEORIA;

EROSION; LOESS; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

USA, WISCONSIN, DRIFTLESS AREA;

EID: 0031463716     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1864     Document Type: Article

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