Late Quaternary eolian sand depositional record for southwestern Kansas: Landscape sensitivity to droughts

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 107-120

  Forman, Steven L ^a   Marín, Liliana ^a   Gomez, Jeaneth ^a   Pierson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Dune; Eolian; Holocene; Kansas

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARKANSAS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249101027     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.028     Document Type: Article

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