Emergence of wet conditions in the Mono Basin of the western USA coincident with inception of the Last Glaciation

• Main Authors: Ali, Guleed Ahmed Hussein, Lin, Ke, Hemming, Sidney R., Cox, Stephen E., Ruprecht, Philipp, Zimmerman, Susan R. H., Stine, Scott, Wang, Xianfeng
• 其他作者: Asian School of the Environment
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Science::Geology; North-Atlantic Climate; Late-Pleistocene
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163741
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

At present, the Basin and Range of the western USA is arid, but geologic studies show evidence of past wetness. The timing of these wetter conditions reveals a close association with glacial conditions. This association has led to the hypothesis of a causal link between glacial climate and regional...