Activation history of the Hutchinson dunes in east-central Kansas, USA during the past 2200years

Aeolian Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-20

  Halfen, Alan F ^a   Johnson, William C ^a   Hanson, Paul R ^b   Woodburn, Terri L ^a   Young, Aaron R ^b   Ludvigson, Gregory A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian dunes; Drought; Little Ice Age (LIA); Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA); North American Great Plains; Optical stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COLORADO; GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861307144     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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