Holocene environments of the central Great Plains: Multi-proxy evidence from alluvial sequences, southeastern Nebraska

Quaternary International

Volumn 67, Issue , 2000, Pages 75-88

  Baker, Richard G ^a   Fredlund, Glen G ^b   Mandel, Rolfe D ^c   Bettis III, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033920897     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(00)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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