Evidence of temperature depression and hydrological variations in the eastern Sierra Nevada during the Younger Dryas stade

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-140

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Moser, Katrina A ^b   Bloom, Amy M ^c   Porinchu, David F ^d   Potito, Aaron P ^e   Wolfe, Brent B ^f   Edwards, Thomas W D ^g   Petel, Amanda ^a   Orme, Antony R ^a   Orme, Amalie Jo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h CSU Northridge ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Paleoclimatology; Paleohydrology; Paleolimnology; Quaternary; Sierra Nevada; Vegetation change; Younger Dryas stade

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; BOLLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DIATOM; INTERSTADIAL; LAKE WATER; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 50549087432     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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