Middle-Holocene mobilization of aeolian sand in western upper Michigan and the potential relationship with climate and fire

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Arbogast, Alan F ^a   Packman, Susan C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand; Dunes; Michigan; Middle Holocene; Optically stimulated luminescence; OSL dating fire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442454650     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl723rr     Document Type: Article

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