Climate and hydrology of the last interglaciation (MIS 5) in Owens Basin, California: Isotopic and geochemical evidence from core OL-92

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-63

  Li, Hong Chun ^a   Bischoff, James L ^b   Ku, Teh Lung ^a   Zhu, Zhao Yu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATIC TELECONNECTION; DEVILS HOLE CHRONOLOGY; SUMMER MONSOON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TELECONNECTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542351312     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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