Holocene chronology for lunette dune deposition on the Southern High Plains, USA

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 116, Issue , 1999, Pages 165-180

  Rich, Julie ^a   Stokes, Stephen ^a   Wood, Warren W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DUNE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033394067     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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