Core OL-92 from Owens Lake: Project rationale, geologic setting, drilling procedures, and summary

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 317, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-8

  Smith, George I ^a   Bischoff, James L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; RUNOFF;

BASAL SEDIMENTS; CALIFORNIA; DRILL SITES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

LAKES;

CORE ANALYSIS; CORE LOGGING; DRILLING; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870769487     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2317-5.1     Document Type: Article

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