Late Holocene dune accretion and episodes of persistent drought in the Great Plains of Northeastern Colorado

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1051-1058

  Clarke, Michèle L ^a   Rendell, Helen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE; SAND;

DUNE ACCRETION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DROUGHT; DUNE FORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

COLORADO; GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038182803     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00024-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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