Holocene rock varnish microstratigraphy and its chronometric application in the drylands of western USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Liu, Tanzhuo ^a   Broecker, Wallace S ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow fan; Holocene climate; Petroglyph; Rock varnish; Stone artifact; VML dating; Western USA

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEBRIS FLOW; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; ROCK VARNISH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS;

EID: 33846305070     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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