Late Pleistocene paleohydrology near the boundary of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts, southeastern Arizona, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 286-300

  Pigati, Jeffrey S ^a   Bright, Jordon E ^b   Shanahan, Timothy M ^c   Mahan, Shannon A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ARIZONA , USA; ATMOSPHERIC TELECONNECTIONS; GROUND SURFACES; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; LAKE LEVELS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OSTRACODES; PALEO HYDROLOGIES; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCES; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER TABLES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LANDFORMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER TABLE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 59049107316     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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