A 100 ka record of water tables and paleoclimates from salt cores, Death Valley, California

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 179-203

  Li, Jianren ^a   Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Brown, Christopher B ^a   Ku, Teh Lung ^b   Luo, Shangde ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSTRACODA;

EVAPORITE; GROUNDWATER; LAKE LEVEL; MUDFLAT DEPOSIT; PALAEOCLIMATE; SALINE LAKE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DEATH VALLEY;

EID: 0030197614     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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