Stable isotope record of late Holocene salinity and river discharge in San Francisco Bay, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 237-247

  Ingram, B Lynn ^a   Ingle, James C ^b   Conrad, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; Discharge; Holocene; Mollusks; O 18 O 16; Salinity; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LATE HOLOCENE; PALAEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0029772654     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00060-x     Document Type: Article

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