Mid-Wisconsin sediment record from Baldwin Lake reveals hemispheric climate dynamics (Southern CA, USA)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-283

  Kirby, Matthew E ^a   Lund, Steve P ^b   Bird, Broxton W ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Glacial period; Greenland ice core; Lakes; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; WISCONSINAN;

BALDWIN LAKE; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750147554     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.043     Document Type: Article

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