Morphology and paleoclimatic significance of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville spits

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-430

  Jewell, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Jet stream; Lake Bonneville; Pleistocene climate; Spits

Indexed keywords

EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; JET STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOW PRESSURE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SHORELINE; SPIT;

LAKE BONNEVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 35348840887     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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