Late Quaternary sedimentology and geochronology of small playas on the Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico, U.S.A.

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Holliday, Vance T ^a   Mayer, James H ^b   Fredlund, Glen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altithermal; C3 and C4 plants; Phytoliths; Playas; Southern High Plains; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MUD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; PLAYA; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 45849127248     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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