Magnetoclimatology: A test of the wind-vigour model using the 1980 Mount St. Helens ash

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Evans, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loess; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleoclimatology; Volcanic ash; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; LOESS; MAGNETIC METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 0033375303     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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