Evidence for millennial-scale climate change during marine isotope stages 2 and 3 at Little Lake, western Oregon, U.S.A

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-22

  Grigg, Laurie D ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Dean, Walter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine isotope stages 2 and 3; Millennial scale climate change; Pacific Northwest; Paleoecology; Pollen records

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

LITTLE LAKE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0035413197     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2246     Document Type: Article

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