Chronology and geochemistry of late Holocene eolian deposits in the Brandon Sand Hills, Manitoba, Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-74

  Wolfe, Stephen A ^a   Muhs, Daniel R ^b   David, Peter P ^c,d   McGeehin, John P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d National Center ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BRANDON SAND HILLS; CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 0033924469     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(00)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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