Extracting Holocene paleohydrology and paleoclimatology information from modern extreme flood events: An example from southern California

Geomorphology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 203-226

  Enzel, Yehouda ^a   Wells, Stephen G ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Holocene; Hydroclimatology; Mojave Desert; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALAEOHYDROLOGY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOJAVE RIVER;

EID: 0031456941     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(97)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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