Late Quaternary Soil Development Enhances Aeolian Landform Stability, Moenkopi Plateau, Southern Colorado Plateau, USA

Late Quaternary Soil Development Enhances Aeolian Landform Stability, Moenkopi Plateau, Southern Colorado Plateau, USA

The Moenkopi dune field in northeastern Arizona covers roughly 1250 km2, but most of the field is inactive. Dune deposits on the Moenkopi Plateau (MP) have remained inactive throughout the Holocene despite periods of elevated aridity or historical reductions of vegetation cover by livestock grazing....

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Main Authors: Amy L. Ellwein, Leslie D. McFadden, Joseph A. McAuliffe, Shannon A. Mahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
dune field morphodynamics
rapid soil development
Moenkopi Plateau
sand sheets
linear dunes
soil stratigraphy
soil geomorphology
buried soils
optically stimulated luminescence
radiation dosimetery
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/5/146

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