Late Holocene Sea temperatures along the central California coast

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-82

  Jones, Terry L ^a   Kennett, Douglas J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California coast; Drought; El Nino; Fish; Oxygen isotopes; Prehistory; Sea temperatures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISH; HOLOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA; ENGRAULIS MORDAX;

EID: 0032890912     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2000     Document Type: Article

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