Synthesis of the paleoclimatic record from Owens Lake core OL-92

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 317, Issue , 1997, Pages 143-160

  Smith, George I ^a   Bischoff, James L ^a   Bradbury, J Platt ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD; PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL; PRECIPITATION VOLUME; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; WEATHERING PROCESS;

LAKES;

CORE ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; DIATOM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MOLLUSC; OOLITE; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS LAKE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870794895     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2317-5.143     Document Type: Article

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