Timing and distribution of alluvial fan sedimentation in response to strengthening of late Holocene ENSO variability in the Sonoran Desert, southwestern Arizona, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-438

  Bacon, Steven N ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^a   Caldwell, Todd G ^a   Dalldorf, Graham K ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Desert soils; ENSO variability; Geomorphology; Late Holocene; Paleoclimatology; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT SOIL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

SONORAN DESERT;

GASTROPODA; YUMA;

EID: 77952288794     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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