Middle to Late Pleistocene loess record in eastern Nebraska, USA, and implications for the unique nature of Oxygen Isotope Stage 2

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 773-792

  Mason, J A ^a   Joeckel, R M ^b   Bettis III, E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTATION;

BIOTURBATION; LOVELAND LOESS; MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY; PEDOGENIC ALTERATION;

CLAY;

ACCUMULATION; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LOESS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION;

COLORADO; GREAT PLAINS; LOVELAND; MISSOURI RIVER; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PEORIA;

EID: 33947495751     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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