Chronology for fluctuations in late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada glaciers and lakes

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5288, 1996, Pages 749-751

  Phillips, Fred M ^a   Zreda, Marek G ^a,d   Benson, Larry V ^b   Plummer, Mitchell A ^a   Elmore, David ^c   Sharma, Pankaj ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE 36;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENLAND; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER ADVANCE; HEINRICH EVENT; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE);

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0029660256     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5288.749     Document Type: Article

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