Tropical Pacific forcing of Late-Holocene hydrologic variability in the coastal southwest United States

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-38

  Kirby, Matthew E ^a   Feakins, Sarah J ^b   Hiner, Christine A ^a   Fantozzi, Joanna ^a   Zimmerman, Susan R H ^c   Dingemans, Theodore ^d   Mensing, Scott A ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Hydrogen isotope; Leaf wax; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; TROPICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE; GRAIN-SIZE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; WATER AVAILABILITY; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT;

DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER AVAILABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; EL NINO; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOISTURE CONTENT;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; ZACA LAKE;

EID: 84906568541     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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