River incision, circulation, and wind regime of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Jewell, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Lake Bonneville; Paleowinds; Pleistocene climate

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLOODING; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SHORELINE; WIND DIRECTION;

GREAT BASIN; LAKE BONNEVILLE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77954089454     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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