Stratigraphy and chronology of Mississippi valley loess in western Tennessee

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1134-1148

  Rodbell, Donald T ^a   Forman, Steven L ^b   Pierson, James ^b   Lynn, Warren C ^c  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CATCHMENTS; CLEANING; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IRON; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OPTICAL BLEACHING; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

SILT;

BLEACHING; COMPOSITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOESS; OVERPRINTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOGENESIS; RESETTING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

COLORADO; LOVELAND; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879695     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1134:SACOMV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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