The geologic records of dust in the quaternary

Aeolian Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-48

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Ice cores; Lake sediments; Loess; Marine sediments; Soils

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DUST; ENTRAINMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; INTERGLACIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84877035094     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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