Oxygen isotope composition of annually banded modern and mid-Holocene travertine and evidence of paleomonsoon floods, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-379

  O'Brien, Gary R ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a   Sharp, Warren D ^b   Atudorei, Viorel ^c   Parnell, Roderic A ^a   Crossey, Laura J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grand Canyon; Holocene paleoclimate; Monsoon; Oxygen isotopes; Travertine

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; TRAVERTINE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 33646515108     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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