Late Pleistocene dune activity in the central Great Plains, USA

2011/11/11 by J.A. Mason, Joseph A. Mason, James B. Swinehart +11 · 1 voice · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aeolian processes and effects #Fire effects on ecosystems #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

paper · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.10.005

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Citations

• Studies on the Late Quaternary Vegetation History of Northeastern Kansas
• Loess record of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition on the northern and central Great Plains, USA
• Large Wind Shift on the Great Plains During the Medieval Warm Period
• A 10,000 year record of dune activity, dust storms, and severe drought in the central Great Plains
• IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

Cited by

• Stratigraphy and OSL chronology of lunette deposits indicates that Nebraska’s rainwater basins formed by aeolian deflation between 39 and 25 ka
• Vegetated dune morphodynamics during recent stabilization of the Mu Us dune field, north-central China
• Surface winds across eastern and midcontinental North America during the Last Glacial Maximum: A new data-model assessment
• Evolution of Loess Tablelands in the Central Great Plains: Relief Generation by Loess Accumulation and the Importance of Closed Depressions
• Near-surface winds at the southern Laurentide ice margin through the last deglaciation

Discussions

• A 2011 paper where I discussed this issue for the central Great Plains in particular (4/4). I have been arguing with the "dunes and loess don't agree with models!" claim for many years: doi.org/10.101 [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]