Chronology for fluctuations in late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada glaciers and lakes
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By: F. M. Phillips, M.G. Zreda, L. V. Benson, M.A. Plummer, D. Elmore, and Prakash Sharma
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Abstract
Mountain glaciers, because of their small size, are usually close to equilibrium with the local climate and thus should provide a test of whether temperature oscillations in Greenland late in the last glacial period are part of global-scale climate variability or are restricted to the North Atlantic region. Correlation of cosmogenic chlorine-36 dates on Sierra Nevada moraines with a continuous radiocarbon-dated sediment record from nearby Owens Lake shows that Sierra Nevada glacial advances were associated with Heinrich events 5, 3, 2, and 1.
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Phillips, F.M., Zreda, M., Benson, L.V., Plummer, M., Elmore, D., Sharma, P., 1996, Chronology for fluctuations in late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada glaciers and lakes: Science, v. 274, no. 5288, p. 749-751, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5288.749.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Chronology for fluctuations in late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada glaciers and lakes |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.274.5288.749 |
| Volume | 274 |
| Issue | 5288 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 749 |
| Last page | 751 |