New optical age of the Mescalero sand sheet, southeastern New Mexico

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Hall, Stephen A ^a   Goble, Ronald J ^b  

^a Red Rock Geological Enterprises   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEPOSITION; DUNE FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; SAND; SOIL EROSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WISCONSINAN;

MESCALERO SANDS; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953719063     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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