Hydrologic variation in the northern Great Plains during the last two millennia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a   Ito, Emi ^b   Yu, Zicheng ^b   Laird, Kathleen R ^c   Engstrom, Daniel R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Drought; Northern Great Plains; Ostracodes; Paleoclimate; Paleohydrology; Paleolimnology; Saline lakes

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINE LAKE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0034092175     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2115     Document Type: Article

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