Paleomagnetic investigation of Lake Lahontan sediments and its application for dating pluvial events in the Northwestern Great Basin

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Liddicoat, Joseph C ^a   Coe, Robert S ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLUVIAL; SECULAR VARIATION;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0030663362     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1867     Document Type: Article

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