Late Quaternary stratigraphy and luminescence geochronology of the northeastern Mojave Desert

Quaternary International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-78

  Mahan, Shannon A ^a   Miller, David M ^a   Menges, Christopher M ^a   Yount, James C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247257745     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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