Alluvial fans as records of holocene sediment yield in the central great plains of southwest nebraska

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 343-365

  Faulkner, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Great plains; Holocene alluvial fans; Nebraska; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATERSHED;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142247986     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.5.343     Document Type: Article

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