High-resolution record of climate change in the Owens Lake Basin, California, for the period 52,500 to 12,500 YBP

EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT): High-resolution oxygen-18 and total inorganic carbon (TIC) studies of cored sediments from the Owens Lake Basin, California, indicate that Owens Lake was hydrologically open (overflowing) most of the time between 52,500 and 12,500 carbon-14 YBP. . The lack of a s...

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Main Authors: Benson, Larry, Burdett, James, Kashgarian, Michaele, Lund, Steve, Rye, Robert
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 1996
Subjects:
Atmospheric Sciences
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Limnology
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://aquaticcommons.org/15814/
http://aquaticcommons.org/15814/1/Larry%20Benson.pdf
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Summary:EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT): High-resolution oxygen-18 and total inorganic carbon (TIC) studies of cored sediments from the Owens Lake Basin, California, indicate that Owens Lake was hydrologically open (overflowing) most of the time between 52,500 and 12,500 carbon-14 YBP. . The lack of a strong correspondence between North Atlantic climate records and the Owens Lake delta-oxygen-18 record has two possible explanations: (1) the sequence of large and abrupt climate change indicated in North Atlantic records is not global in scope and is largely confined to the North Atlantic and surrounding areas, or (2) Owens Lake is located in a part of the Great Basin that is relatively insensitive to the effects of climate perturbations recorded in the North Atlantic region.

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