Carbon-isotope, diatom, and pollen evidence for Late Holocene salinity change in a Brackish Marsh in the San Francisco Estuary

Quaternary Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-76

  Byrne, Roger ^a   Ingram, B Lynn ^a   Starratt, Scott ^a   Malamud Roam, Frances ^a   Collins, Joshua N ^b   Conrad, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diatoms; Holocene; Paleosalinity; Pollen; San Francisco estuary

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; PALEOSALINITY; POLLEN; SEDIMENT CORE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035727395     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2199     Document Type: Article

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