Black Mats, Spring-Fed Streams, and Late-Glacial-Age Recharge in the Southern Great Basin

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-148

  Quade, Jay ^a   Forester, Richard M ^d   Pratt, William L ^b   Carter, Claire ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MAT; LATE GLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); SPRING;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0031823527     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1959     Document Type: Article

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