Oxygen isotope evidence for the late Cenozoic development of an orographic rain shadow in eastern Washington, USA

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-316

  Takeuchi, Akinori ^a   Larson, Peter B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authigenic minerals; Cascade Range; Climate change; Stable isotopes; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RAIN SHADOW; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; ROCKS; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

RAIN;

CENOZOIC; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144364331     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21335.1     Document Type: Article

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