Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate and geomorphic histories as interpreted from a 23,000 14C yr B.P. paleosol and floodplain soils, southeastern West Virginia, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-149

  Driese, Steven G ^a   Li, Zheng Hua ^b   Horn, Sally P ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Southeastern US

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARYA; CONIFEROPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 14544271004     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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