Continuous lake-sediment records of glaciation in the Sierra Nevada between 52,600 and 12,500 14C yr B.P.

Quaternary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-127

  Benson, Larry V ^a   May, Howard M ^a   Antweiler, Ronald C ^a   Brinton, Terry I ^a   Kashgarian, Michaele ^b   Smoot, Joseph P ^c   Lund, Steve P ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Glaciation; Lacustrine deposit; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Sierra Nevada; United States

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032454002     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.1993     Document Type: Article

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