Sedimentary aggregates in the Peoria Loess of Nebraska, USA

Catena

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-397

  Mason, Joseph A ^a   Jacobs, Peter M ^b   Greene, Richard S B ^c   Nettleton, W D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Laser diffractometry; Loess; Luminescence dating; Nebraska; Particle size analysis

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SORTING;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PEORIA;

EID: 1542576082     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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