Pedogenic carbonate carbon isotopic constraints on paleoprecipitation: Evolution of desert in the Pacific Northwest, USA, in response to topographic development of the Cascade Range

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 323-335

  Takeuchi, Akinori ^a   Hren, Michael T ^b   Smith, Shane V ^c   Chamberlain, C Page ^d   Larson, Peter B ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade Range; Desertification; Paleoprecipitation; Pedogenic carbonate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CASCADE RANGE; DESERTIFICATION; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBONATION;

ARID REGION; ARIDIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEOGENE; OROGRAPHY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; SEMIARID REGION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CASCADE RANGE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957125292     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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