Climatic/Hydrologic Oscillations since 155,000 yr B.P. at Owens Lake, California, Reflected in Abundance and Stable Isotope Composition of Sediment Carbonate

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-68

  Menking, Kirsten M ^a,d   Bischoff, James L ^b   Fitzpatrick, John A ^b   Burdette, James W ^c   Rye, Robert O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONTENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

USA, CALIFORNIA, OWENS LAKE;

EID: 0031404632     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1898     Document Type: Article

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