A time-depth scale for Owens Lake sediments of core OL-92: Radiocarbon dates and constant mass-accumulation rate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 317, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-98

  Bischoff, James L ^a   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^b   Rubin, Meyer ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES;

DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; LINEAR PROGRESSION; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATES; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES;

SEDIMENTS;

BULK DENSITY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870818544     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2317-5.91     Document Type: Article

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