Evidence for prolonged El Nino-like conditions in the Pacific during the Late Pleistocene: a 43 ka noble gas record from California groundwaters

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 2465-2473

  Kulongoski, J T ^a,b   Hilton, D R ^b   Izbicki, J A ^a   Belitz, K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RECHARGE; CALIFORNIA; EASTERN PACIFIC; EL NINO; ENTRAINED AIR; EXCESS AIR; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGHER LATITUDES; HOLOCENES; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MOJAVE DESERT; NOBLE GAS; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN-18; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALEOCLIMATES; TRADE WINDS;

AQUIFERS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COOLING SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECHARGE; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349154118     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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