The Younger Dryas phase of Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 263-284

  Oviatt, Charles G ^a   Miller, David M ^b   McGeehin, John P ^c   Zachary, Cecile ^d   Mahan, Shannon ^e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Federal Center ^*  (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Salt Lake; Lake Bonneville; Luminescence date; Paleoclimate; Radiocarbon date; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 15944388670     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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