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Holocene Alluvial Fills in the South Loup Valley, Nebraska

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David W. May
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Abstract

Four Holocene alluvial fills are present in Nebraska's South Loup River valley. Fill IV, the oldest and thickest, was deposited between 10,200 and 4800 14C yr B.P.; Fill III has an age of about 3000 14C yr B.P.; Fill II is younger than 2100 and older than 900 14C yr B.P.; and Fill I is younger than 900 14C yr B.P. Regional contemporaneity of valley alluviation in the eastcentral Great Plains suggests that climate has controlled long-term sediment storage in the South Loup River valley.

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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 117 - 120
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University of Washington

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