Cosmogenic nuclide and uranium-series dating of old, high shorelines in the western Great Basin, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 744-768

  Kurth, Gabrielle ^a,d   Phillips, Fred M ^a   Reheis, Marith C ^b   Redwine, Joanna L ^c   Paces, James B ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d O'Reilly Talbot and Okun Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMBUS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DEPTH PROFILE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; GREAT BASIN; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON AGE; SALT MARSHES;

CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; URANIUM;

LAKES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; HIGHSTAND; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALTMARSH; SHORELINE; TEPHRA; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LAKE;

EID: 79951488843     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30010.1     Document Type: Article

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