Quaternary history of the Thatcher Basin, Idaho, reconstructed from the 87Sr/86Sr and amino acid composition of lacustrine fossils: Implications for the diversion of the Bear River into the Bonneville Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 95-114

  Bouchard, David P ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a   Hochberg, Amy ^a   Quade, Jay ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Geochronology; Lake Bonneville; Pluvial lake; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASIN EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031708429     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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