Geochemical evidence for seasonal controls on the transportation of Holocene loess, Matanuska Valley, southern Alaska, USA

Aeolian Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-73

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Budahn, James R ^a   Skipp, Gary L ^a   McGeehin, John P ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Geochemistry; Holocene; Knik river; Loess; Matanuska river

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALASKA; MATANUSKA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961817090     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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