Paleobiotic and isotopic analysis of mollusks, fish, and plants from core OL-92: Indicators for an open or closed lake system

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 317, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-125

  Firby, James R ^a   Sharpe, Saxon E ^b   Whelan, Joseph F ^c   Smith, Gerald R ^d   Spaulding, W Geoffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Dames and Moore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MOLLUSCS;

ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLLUSK SHELL; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SHELL MATERIALS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

CORE SAMPLES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORE ANALYSIS; FISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MOLLUSC; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870828986     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2317-5.121     Document Type: Article

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