A paleoclimate record for the past 250,000 years from Summer Lake, Oregon, USA: I. Chronology and magnetic proxies for lake level

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-149

  Negrini, Robert M ^a   Erbes, Daniel B ^a   Faber, Karin ^a   Herrera, Adam M ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Cohen, Andrew S ^c   Wigand, Peter E ^d   Foit Jr , Franklin F ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Great Basin; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Paleomagnetic secular variation; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033908456     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008144025492     Document Type: Article

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