A paleoclimate record for the past 250,000 years from Summer Lake, Oregon, USA: II. Sedimentology, paleontology and geochemistry

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-182

  Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Palacios Fest, Manuel R ^a   Negrini, Robert M ^b   Wigand, Peter E ^c   Erbes, Daniel B ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Ostracodes; Oxygen and carbon isotopes; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Palynology; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033901981     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008165326401     Document Type: Article

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