Temporal and spatial patterns of Holocene dune activity on the Great Plains of North America: Megadroughts and climate links

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-29

  Forman, Steven L ^a   Oglesby, Robert ^b,d   Webb, Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Droughts; Dune fields; Great Plains; Holocene climate; USA

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 0034966597     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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