Millennial-scale variations in western Sierra Nevada precipitation during the last glacial cycle MIS 4/3 transition

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 236-248

  Oster, Jessica L ^a   Montañez, Isabel P ^b   Mertz Kraus, Regina ^c,g   Sharp, Warren D ^c   Stock, Greg M ^d   Spero, Howard J ^b   Tinsley, John ^e   Zachos, James C ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dansgaard Oeschger cycles; MIS 3; MIS 4; Sierra Nevada; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

CAVES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLES; LAST GLACIAL CYCLES; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SIERRA NEVADA; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904063481     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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