Late Holocene sedimentary environments and lake-level fluctuations at Walker Lake, Nevada, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 126-139

  Adams, Kenneth D ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltaic; Fluvial; Holocene; Lacustrine; Sedimentary; Walker Lake

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC; FLUVIAL; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE; WALKER LAKE;

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LAKE;

EID: 33846474772     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25847.1     Document Type: Article

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