Rapid, time-transgressive, and variable responses to early Holocene midcontinental drying in North America

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-138

  Williams, John W ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^d   Webb III, Thompson ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; LOCAL RESPONSE; NORTH AMERICAN; PLEISTOCENE; RAPID RESPONSE; SITE RESPONSE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEWATERING; DRYING; GLACIERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CURING;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POLLEN; SUMMER; TRANSGRESSION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77950122830     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30413.1     Document Type: Article

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