Evidence for increased cool season moisture during the middle Holocene

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 815-818

  Denniston, Rhawn F ^a   González, Luis A ^a   Asmerom, Yemane ^b   Baker, Richard G ^a   Reagan, Mark K ^a   Arthur Bettis III, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

18O ENRICHMENT; COLD WATERS; COOL SEASONS; HOLOCENES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORIC WATERS; NORTHEAST IOWA; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

CAVES;

COOLING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342614203     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0815:EFICSM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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