Late Quaternary geology and paleohydrology of pluvial Lake Mojave, southern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 368, Issue , 2003, Pages 79-114

  Wells, Stephen G ^a   Brown, William J ^b   Enzel, Yehouda ^c   Anderson, Roger Y ^d   McFadden, Leslie D ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tecumseh Professional Associates Inc   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EVAPORATION; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS; SPILLWAYS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DESICCATION CRACKS; EVAPORATION MODEL; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT;

LAKES;

EXTREME EVENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870891086     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2368-X.79     Document Type: Article

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