Severe and sustained drought in southern California and the West: Present conditions and insights from the past on causes and impacts

Quaternary International

Volumn 173-174, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 87-100

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEVERE WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548418572     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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