Tertiary and Quaternary vegetation history of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-427

  Davis, Owen K ^a   Moutoux, Thomas E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Great Salt Lake; Palynology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Pluvial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006180109     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007959203433     Document Type: Article

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