Rapid hydrologic shifts and prolonged droughts in Rocky Mountain headwaters during the Holocene

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Shuman, Bryan ^a   Pribyl, Paul ^a   Minckley, Thomas A ^b   Shinker, Jacqueline J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER; COLUMBIA; GREAT BASIN; HOLOCENES; HYDROCLIMATIC; LEVEL CHANGE; LOW WATER; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURIS; RIVER SYSTEMS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

FORESTRY; WATER LEVELS;

LANDFORMS;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEADWATER; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

GREAT BASIN; MIDWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949865728     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042196     Document Type: Article

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