N-Alkane evidence for the onset of wetter conditions in the Sierra Nevada, California (USA) at the mid-late Holocene transition, ~3.0ka

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Street, Joseph H ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^c   Paytan, Adina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake level; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Plant n alkanes; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; N-ALKANES; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SIERRA NEVADA;

CHAIN LENGTH; LAKES; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871490660     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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