Modelling river discharge and precipitation from estuarine salinity in the northern Chesapeake Bay: Application to Holocene palaeoclimate

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Saenger, Casey ^a   Cronin, Thomas ^b   Thunell, Robert ^c   Vann, Cheryl ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Palaeoprecipitation; Salinity; Susquehanna River; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; TELECONNECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745978365     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl944rp     Document Type: Article

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