New correlation of stable carbon isotopes with changing late-Holocene fluvial environments in the Trinity River basin of Texas, USA

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 541-549

  Hall, Stephen A ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^b   Lintz, Christopher R ^c   Baugh, Timothy G ^d  

^a Red Rock Geological Enterprises   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Parks and Wildlife Department   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Historical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

'Medieval Warm Period'; alluvium; Copan paleosol; late Holocene; stable carbon isotopes; US Great Plains; wet meadows

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; GRASS; HOLOCENE; MEADOW; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84859315119     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611427338     Document Type: Article

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