University of New Mexico
Late Quaternary semiarid eolian system dynamics : distribution, timing, and soil geomorphic controls, Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona, USA
Abstract
dc:description.abstractAccording to the University of New Mexico's Office of Graduate Studies, this dissertation follows a hybrid format; the chapters were written as manuscripts to be submitted to peer-reviewed journals. Chapter 1 was published in the journal Quaternary Research (May, 2011) and chapters 2 and 3 will be submitted to appropriate journals soon after this dissertation is published. Chapter 1 announces new age determinations for previously unstudied topographically-controlled eolian deposits and older ages for sand sheets than were reported by previous investigators. Chapter 2 focuses on the distribution, age, and geomorphic implications of topographically-controlled eolian deposits on Black Mesa. Chapter 3 describes the role of advanced soil profile development on the stability of eolian systems; a factor generally overlooked by researchers interested in quantifying the relative activity of sand dunes. Appendix A contains the results of tests that determine the efficacy of samples used in optically stimulated luminescence dating in all three manuscripts.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Doctoral
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ellwein, Amy
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- McFadden, Leslie
- Scuderi, Louis
- Meyer, Grant
- McAuliffe, Joseph
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:eps_etds-1024