Sedimentary record of sources and accumulation of organic matter in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, over the past 1,000 years

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 160-169

  Meyers, Philip A ^a   Tenzer, Gabrielle E ^a   Lebo, Martin E ^b,c   Reuter, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

NEVADA; PYRAMID LAKE; USA;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031841031     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.1.0160     Document Type: Article

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