| Abstract: | Dune fields are found in several areas of the Great Plains, and though mostly stabilised today, the accounts of early explorers show that they were more mobile in the last century. Using an index of dune mobility and tree ring data, it is found that these periods of mobility were related to temperature-induced drought, the high temperatures increasing evapotranspiration. Explorers also record that rivers upwind of these dune fields had shallow braided channels in the 19th century, and these would have supplied further aeolian sand. It is concluded that these dunes are extremely susceptible to climate change and that it may not need global warming to increase their mobility again. -K.Clayton |
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| Citation Author: | Muhs, D. R.; Holliday, V. T. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Quaternary Research |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Evidence of active dune sand on the Great Plains in the 19th century from accounts of early explorers; 1995; Article; Journal; Quaternary Research; Muhs, D. R.; Holliday, V. T. |
| Citation Start Page: | 198 |
| Citation Volume: | 43 |
| Citation Year: | 1995 |
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| Text: | Evidence of active dune sand on the Great Plains in the 19th century from accounts of early explorers; 1995; Article; Journal; Quaternary Research; Muhs, D. R.; Holliday, V. T. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1995.1020 |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
