Desert wetlands in the geologic record

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-81

  Pigati, Jeffrey S ^a   Rech, Jason A ^b   Quade, Jay ^c   Bright, Jordon ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Ground water; Ostracodes; Paleoclimate; Paleohydrology; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FAUNA; FLORA; GROUNDWATER; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84896856642     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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