Rapid climatic signal propagation from source to sink in a southern California sediment-routing system

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Romans, Brian W ^a   Fildani, Andrea ^a   McGann, Mary ^a,b   Graham, Stephan A ^a,c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIGNAL; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951429849     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651539     Document Type: Article

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