A 164 ka record of environmental change in the American Southwest from a Carlsbad Cavern speleothem

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 483-507

  Brook, George A ^a   Ellwood, Brooks B ^b   Railsback, L Bruce ^a   Cowart, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARAGONITE; CARBONATE; CAVERN; CHALCEDONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; GROWTH RATE; ICE CORE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; SPELEOLOGY;

CARLSBAD CAVERNS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745879457     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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