Age, genesis, and paleoclimatic interpretation of the Sangamon/Loveland complex in the Lower Mississippi Valley, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 21-39

  Markewich, Helaine W ^a   Wysocki, Douglas A ^b   Pavich, Milan J ^a   Rutledge, E Moye ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; AGE DATA; ILLINOIS; INTEGRAL PART; LOESS DEPOSITION; MINIMUM TIME; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATES; RIVER VALLEY; SEASONALITY; SOIL FORMATIONS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

BERYLLIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXYGEN; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING;

SILT;

AGE; DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RED SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; WEATHERING;

COLORADO; LOVELAND; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251500989     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30208.1     Document Type: Article

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