Aeolian sand depositional records from Western Nebraska: Landscape response to droughts in the past 1500 years

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 973-981

  Forman, S L ^a   Marin L ^a   Pierson, J ^a   Gomez J ^a   Miller, G H ^b   Webb, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dune fields; Great Plains; Holocene aeolian activity; Landscape; Late Holocene; Nebraska; OSL dating; Palaeodrought

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE;

EID: 27644441385     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl871ra     Document Type: Article

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