Rock varnish evidence for latest Pleistocene millennial-scale wet events in the drylands of western United States

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 403-406

  Liu, Tanzhuo ^a   Broecker, Wallace S ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling events; Heinrich events; Rock varnish; Western U.S; Wet events; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

AMERICA; DRYLANDS; GEOMORPHIC FEATURES; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HOLOCENE; ICE CORES; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); PLEISTOCENE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNGER DRYAS (YD);

BARIUM; COOLING; MANGANESE;

VARNISH;

COOLING; GRIP; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; ROCK VARNISH; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149096023     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24573A.1     Document Type: Article

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