Late Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronology of the western Killpecker Dunes, Wyoming, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-84

  Mayer, James H ^a   Mahan, Shannon A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eolian chronology; Holocene; Killpecker Dunes; Late Pleistocene; Paleoenvironments; Wyoming Basin

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN FEATURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 1542377979     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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