Climatic Oscillations 10,000-155,000 yr B.P. at Owens Lake, California Reflected in Glacial Rock Flour Abundance and Lake Salinity in Core OL-92

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-325

  Bischoff, James L ^c   Menking, Kirsten M ^a,c   Fitts, Jeffrey P ^b,c   Fitzpatrick, John A ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SIZE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FRACTION; GLACIAL ADVANCE; LAKE WATER; PALAEOCLIMATE; SALINITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, OWENS LAKE;

EID: 0031394192     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1933     Document Type: Article

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