Radiocarbon dating late Quaternary loess deposits using small terrestrial gastropod shells

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-128

  Pigati, Jeffrey S ^a   McGeehin, John P ^b   Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Bettis, E Arthur ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Dust; Eolian; Paleoclimate; Snails

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EOLIAN; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; PALEOCLIMATES; SNAILS; TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS;

CARBON; DEPOSITS; DUST; LUMINESCENCE; MOLLUSCS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGE DETERMINATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMIC ACID; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881231057     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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