Isotopic evidence for shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns during the late Quaternary in mid-North America

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-26

  Amundson, Ronald ^a   Chadwick, Oliver ^b   Kendall, Carol ^c   Wang, Yang ^a   DeNiro, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS; GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; LATE QUATERNARY; METEORIC WATERS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOTEMPERATURES; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; GULF OF MEXICO; SEASONALITY;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; STORM; PEDOGENIC CARBONATE; PRECIPITATION SEASONALITY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; USA; WIND RIVER;

EID: 0029753007     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0023:IEFSIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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