Large Holocene lakes and climate change in the Chihuahuan Desert

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Castiglia, Peter J ^a,b   Fawcett, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SWCA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach ridge; Chihuahua; Desert; Holocene; Mexico; Paleoclimate; Playa

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; HOLOCENE LAKES; PALEOCLIMATE; PLAYA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BEACHES; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLAYA;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 32244433482     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22036.1     Document Type: Article

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