Late Pleistocene dune construction in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 494-505

  Rawling III, J E ^a   Hanson, P R ^b   Young, A R ^b   Attig, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunes; Glacial Lake Wisconsin; Optical dating; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DATING METHOD; DUNE; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN RIVER;

EID: 48749101199     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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