Holocene paleoclimate history of Fallen Leaf Lake, CA., from geochemistry and sedimentology of well-dated sediment cores

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-210

  Noble, Paula J ^a   Ball, G Ian ^b   Zimmerman, Susan H ^c   Maloney, Jillian ^d   Smith, Shane B ^a   Kent, Graham ^e,g   Adams, Kenneth D ^f   Karlin, Robert E ^a   Driscoll, Neil ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Great Basin; Holocene; Lake cores; Lake Tahoe basin; Neopluvial; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS;

GREAT BASIN; HOLOCENES; LAKE TAHOE BASIN; NEOPLUVIAL; PALEOCLIMATES;

LAKES;

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PEBBLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

GREAT BASIN; LAKE TAHOE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84947760779     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.037     Document Type: Article

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