A paleoclimate reconstruction for southwestern Texas using oxalate residue from lichen as a paleoclimate proxy

Quaternary International

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Russ, Jon ^a   Loyd, David H ^b   Boutton, Thomas W ^c  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LICHEN; OXALATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033935394     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(00)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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