Repeated century-scale droughts over the past 13,000 yr near the Hudson River watershed, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 523-530

  Newby, Paige E ^a   Shuman, Bryan N ^b   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^c   MacDonald, Dana ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Hydroclimate; Lake level; Northeastern USA

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENES; HUDSON RIVER; HUMID REGIONS; HYDROCLIMATE; LAKE LEVEL; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE BALANCE; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHEASTERN USA; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; RADIOCARBON AGE; REGIONAL TRENDS; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES;

DROUGHT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER LEVEL;

HUDSON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955465485     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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