Stable isotope studies on Mono Lake (California). 1. δ18O in lake sediments as proxy for climatic change during the last 150 years

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-238

  Li, Hong Chun ^a   Ku, Teh Lung ^a   Stott, Lowell D ^a   Anderson, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

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EID: 0030818448     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.2.0230     Document Type: Article

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