Late-quaternary landscape response to environmental change in south-central Kansas

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-145

  Arbogast, Alan F ^a   Johnson, William C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Central Great Plains; Eolian sand; Holocene; Late Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY (LATE);

USA, KANSAS, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0031863075     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00088     Document Type: Article

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