Geoarchaeology and Holocene landscape history of the Carson Desert, western Nevada

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 45-74

  Rhode, David ^a   Adams, Kenneth D ^a   Elston, Robert G ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BEACHES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; WETLANDS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; CHANGING DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; GEO ARCHAEOLOGIES; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATEST PLEISTOCENE; SURROUNDING FEATURE;

LAKES;

EID: 0038504165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.45     Document Type: Article

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