Hydrologic variability and the onset of modern El Niño-Southern Oscillation: A 19 250-year record from Lake Elsinore, southern California

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-254

  Kirby, Matthew E ^a   Lund, Steve P ^b   Poulsen, Christopher J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Lake Elsinore; Sedimentology; Southern California

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE ELSINORE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16444364131     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.906     Document Type: Article

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