Chronology and provenance of last-glacial (Peoria) loess in western Iowa and paleoclimatic implications

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 468-481

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Bettis, E Arthur ^b   Roberts, Helen M ^c   Harlan, Stephen S ^d   Paces, James B ^a   Reynolds, Richard L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Iowa; Last glacial period; Laurentide ice sheet; Magnetic minerals; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Paleoclimate; Peoria loess; Stratigraphy; Trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

IOWA; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATES; PEORIA LOESS; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUMINESCENCE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCRETION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887097327     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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