Cool, wet conditions late in the Younger Dryas in semi-arid New Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Hall, Stephen A ^a   Penner, William L ^b   Palacios Fest, Manuel R ^c   Metcalf, Artie L ^d   Smith, Susan J ^e  

^a Red Rock Geological Enterprises   (United States)

^b Parametrix   (United States)

^c Terra Nostra Earth Sciences Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mollusks; New Mexico; Ostracodes; Pollen analysis; Scholle wet meadow; Stable carbon isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSKS; NEW MEXICO; OSTRACODES; POLLEN ANALYSIS; SCHOLLE WET MEADOW; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GRASSLAND; MOLLUSC; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; CAREX; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; SALIX;

EID: 84855357485     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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