Unprecedented last-glacial mass accumulation rates determined by luminescence dating of loess from western Nebraska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-419

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

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forcing; Coarse silt sized grains; Dust flux; Mass accumulation rate (MAR); Optically stimulated luminescence dating; OSL; Peoria Loess; Quartz

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DUST; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUARTZ;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

PEORIA;

EID: 0038375425     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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