Late Pleistocene and late Holocene lake highstands in the Pyramid Lake subbasin of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Briggs, Richard W ^a   Wesnousky, Steven G ^a   Adams, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake Lahontan; Pyramid Lake; Shorelines; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHORELINE; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; PYRAMID LAKE [NEVADA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24144452184     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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