Freshwater control of ice-rafted debris in the last glacial period at Mono Lake, California, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-271

  Zimmerman, Susan R H ^a   Pearl, Crystal ^b   Hemming, Sidney R ^c   Tamulonis, Kathryn ^d   Hemming, N Gary ^b   Searle, Stephanie Y ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Ice rafting; IRD; Lake level; Late Pleistocene; Mono Lake; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

GREAT BASIN; ICE RAFTING; IRD; LAKE LEVEL; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MONO LAKE; PALEOCLIMATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; SEA ICE;

LAKES;

DEGLACIATION; ICE RAFTING; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; KENTUCKY; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES; WILSON CREEK;

EID: 80051818199     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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