Sources and paleoclimatic significance of Holocene Bignell Loess, central Great Plains, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-339

  Mason, Joseph A ^a   Jacobs, Peter M ^b   Hanson, Paul R ^a   Miao, Xiaodong ^a   Goble, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bignell Loess; Great Plains; Holocene; Loess; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346317225     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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