Reconstructing late Pliocene to middle Pleistocene Death Valley lakes and river systems as a test of pupfish (Cyprinodontidae) dispersal hypotheses

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-26

  Knott, Jeffrey R ^a   Machette, Michael N ^b   Klinger, Ralph E ^c   Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei M ^d   Liddicoat, Joseph C ^e   Tinsley III, John C ^d   David, Brian T ^a   Ebbs, Veva M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Death Valley; Lake Manly; Pupfish; Tephochrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; DEATH VALLEY; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PUPFISH; TEPHOCHROLOGY;

RIVERS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; FISH; GENETIC ISOLATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODONTIDAE;

EID: 75249100926     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2439(01)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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