High-resolution climatic evolution of coastal northern California during the past 16,000 years

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Barron, John A ^a   Heusser, Linda ^b   Herbert, Timothy ^c   Lyle, Mitch ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Heusser and Heusser Inc ^*  (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenone; California; Diatom; ENSO; Holocene; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; UPWELLING;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULACEAE; PSEUDOEUNOTIA; PSEUDOEUNOTIA DOLIOLUS; SEQUOIA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0037488126     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000768     Document Type: Article

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