A 200,000-year record of change in oxygen isotope composition of sulfate in a saline sediment core, Death Valley, California

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-157

  Yang, Wenbo ^a   Krouse, H Roy ^b   Spencer, Ronald J ^b   Lowenstein, Tim K ^c   Hutcheon, Ian E ^b   Ku, Teh Lung ^d   Li, Jianren ^c   Roberts, Sheila M ^e   Brown, Christopher B ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 18; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SULFATE;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033038547     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2022     Document Type: Article

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