Loess origin, transport, and deposition over the past 10,000years, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Aeolian Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-99

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Budahn, James R ^a   McGeehin, John P ^b   Bettis, E Arthur ^c   Skipp, Gary ^a   Paces, James B ^a   Wheeler, Elisabeth A ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Holocene; Last glacial period; Loess; Radiocarbon dating; Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POINT SOURCE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; COPPER RIVER; UNITED STATES; WRANGELL MOUNTAINS; WRANGELL-SAINT ELIAS NATIONAL PARK;

CHITINA;

EID: 84888072165     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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