Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from bat guano in the Grand Canyon, USA, reveal younger dryas and 8.2 ka events

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 683-686

  Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Patterson, William P ^b   McFarlane, Donald A ^c   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^d   Hobson, Keith A ^d   Athfield, Nancy Beavan ^e   Bird, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arid; Monsoon; North American; Paleoclimate; Precipitation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID; MONSOON; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MANURES; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949145782     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24938A.1     Document Type: Article

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