Holocene stratigraphy and chronology of the Casper Dune Field, Casper, Wyoming, USA

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 773-783

  Halfen, Alan F ^a   Fredlund, Glen G ^b   Mahan, Shannon A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

aeolian; Holocene; optically stimulated luminescence; sand dunes; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL PROFILE;

CASPER; GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77955583634     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610362812     Document Type: Article

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