The Holocene history of the White Sands dune field and influences on eolian deflation and playa lakes

Quaternary International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-39

  Langford, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GYPSUM; HOLOCENE; PLAYA; SHORELINE;

NEW MEXICO; TULAROSA BASIN; UNITED STATES; WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT;

EID: 0037249079     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00133-7     Document Type: Article

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