Atmospheric changes in North America during the last deglaciation from dune-wetland records in the Midwestern United States

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-134

  Wang, Hong ^a   Stumpf, Andrew J ^a   Miao, Xiaodong ^a   Lowell, Thomas V ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dune wetland succession in Midwest U.S.A.; H1 phase relationship; Moisture variation patterns in North America during last deglaciation; Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATIONS; DUNE-WETLAND SUCCESSION IN MIDWEST U.S.A; HEINRICH EVENTS; INTERSTADIALS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; LOWLAND SOILS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; WET CONDITIONS; WETLAND SEDIMENTS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ARIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DUNE; GLACIER RETREAT; HEINRICH EVENT; HUMIDITY; ICE MARGIN; INTERSTADIAL; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOATMOSPHERE; RADIOCARBON DATING; WETLAND; YOUNGER DRYAS;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868640360     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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