Late Holocene δ13C and pollen records of paleosalinity from tidal marshes in the San Francisco Bay estuary, California

Quaternary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-145

  Malamud Roam, Frances ^a   Lynn Ingram, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Late Holocene; Pollen records; San Francisco Bay estuary

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644227524     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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