Ground-water processes controlling a prairie lake's response to middle Holocene drought

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 391-394

  Smith, Alison J ^a   Donovan, Joseph J ^b   Ito, Emi ^c   Engstrom, Daniel R ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DROUGHT RESPONSE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD; WATER CATCHMENT; CATCHMENT AREA; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL;

PROCESS CONTROL;

CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER PROCESSES; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; LAKE; SALINITY;

GREAT PLAINS; ELK LAKE; MINNESOTA; USA;

EID: 0031451579     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0391:GWPCAP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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