Last Glacial loess in the conterminous USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 1907-1946

  Bettis III, E Arthur ^a   Muhs, Daniel R ^b   Roberts, Helen M ^c   Wintle, Ann G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ECOLOGY; ICE; VEGETATION;

GLACIAL MELTWATER;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION; DUST; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038341364     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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