White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico: Age, dune dynamics and recent accumulations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 313-331

  Kocurek, Gary ^a   Carr, Mary ^a   Ewing, Ryan ^a   Havholm, Karen G ^a   Nagar, Y C ^b   Singhvi, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Annual cycles; Dune cross strata; Gypsum; Interdune varves; OSL dating; Wet aeolian system; White Sands Dune Field

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEFLATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GYPSUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; WATER TABLE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TULAROSA BASIN; UNITED STATES; WHITE SANDS;

EID: 34147112820     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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