Carbon isotopes in aquatic plants, Long Valley caldera, California as records of past hydrothermal and magmatic activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2853-2856

  Reid Jr , John B ^a   Reynolds, Jesse L ^a,c   Connolly, Nathan T ^a   Getz, Shari L ^a   Polissar, Pratigya J ^a,d   Winship, Lawrence J ^a   Hainsworth, Laura J ^b,e  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldera; California; Hydrothermal activity; Long Valley; Magmatism; Radiocarbon; United States

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; VOLCANOES;

AQUATIC PLANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; CALIFORNIA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; STREAMBEDS;

CARBON; RIVERS;

CALDERA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032148089     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01854     Document Type: Article

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