Clues to the medieval destabilization of the nebraska sand hills, usa, from ancient pocket gopher burrows

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 809-817

  Schmeisser, Rebecca L ^a   Loope, David B ^a   Wedin, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ACCUMULATION; BURROW; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE FIELD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEDIEVAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SURVIVAL; UPLAND REGION;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS BURSARIUS;

EID: 70450215202     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-037r     Document Type: Article

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