Relict late Wisconsinan dune fields of the northern Great Plains, Canada

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 323-336

  Wolfe, Stephen A ^a   Huntley, David J ^b   Ollerhead, Jeff ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSGRESSION; WIND EROSION; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748708683     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/013146ar     Document Type: Article

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