A half-million-year record of paleoclimate from the Lake Manix Core, Mojave Desert, California

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 365-366, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-37

  Reheis, Marith C ^a   Bright, Jordon ^b   Lund, Steve P ^c   Miller, David M ^d   Skipp, Gary ^a   Fleck, Robert J ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mojave Desert; Ostracodes; Paleoclimate; Pluvial lake; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EVAPORATION; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STORM TRACK;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; MOJAVE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84868370581     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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