Environmental history of a closed-basin lake in the US Great Plains: Diatom response to variations in groundwater flow regimes over the last 8500 cal. yr BP

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1203-1216

  Hobbs, William O ^a   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a   Stone, Jeffery R ^a   Donovan, Joseph J ^b   Grimm, Eric C ^c   Almendinger, James E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^d ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

closed basin lake; diatom; groundwater flow; Northern Great Plains; paleoclimate; salinity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARAGONITE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOLOCENE; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT PLAINS; KETTLE LAKE; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855172383     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405242     Document Type: Article

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