Late Pleistocene dune activity in the central Great Plains, USA

• Main Authors: Mason, Joseph A., Swinehart, James B., Hanson, Paul R., Loope, David, Goble, Ronald J., Miao, Xiaodong, Schmeisser, Rebecca L
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2011
• Subjects: Eolian activity; Dunefield; Great Plains; Nebraska Sand Hills; Late Pleistocene; OSL dating; Earth Sciences; Sand Hills; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/geosciencefacpub/316; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/geosciencefacpub/article/1320/viewcontent/Loope_QRS_2011_Late_Pleistocene_dune__DC_VERSION.pdf

Stabilized dunes of the central Great Plains, especially the megabarchans and large barchanoid ridges of the Nebraska Sand Hills, provide dramatic evidence of late Quaternary environmental change. Episodic Holocene dune activity in this region is now well-documented, but Late Pleistocene dune mobili...