A ∼ 24000 year period climate signal in 1.7-2.0 million year old Death Valley strata

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Hsieh, Jean C C ^a   Murray, Bruce ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death Valley; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleoclimatology; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SALTPAN;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DEATH VALLEY, CONFIDENCE HILLS;

EID: 0030480661     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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