Geochronology of the bolson sand sheet, New Mexico and Texas, and its archaeological significance

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1950-1967

  Hall, Stephen A ^a   Miller, Myles R ^b   Goble, Ronald J ^c  

^a Red Rock Geological Enterprises   (United States)

^b Geo Marine Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; DUNE FIELDS; GRASSLAND VEGETATION; LATEGLACIAL; NEW MEXICO; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIOCARBON DATES; RIO GRANDE; SAND DEPOSITS; SAND SHEET; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VALLEY ALLUVIUM;

CESIUM; CHARCOAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SAND;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBONATE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRASSLAND; PALEOSOL; SAND; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILT;

NEW MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 78049419045     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30173.1     Document Type: Article

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