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Tropical and subtropical moisture and southerly displaced North Pacific storm track: factors in the growth of late Quaternary lakes in the Mojave Desert
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Historical flood events produced lakes in the Mojave River watershed in southeastern California and represent climatic conditions similar to those in the late Quaternary when perennial lakes formed in the Mojave Desert. Historical lakes are related to tropical and subtropical sources of moisture and an extreme southward shift of storm tracks. It is suggested that this atmospheric pattern occurred frequently during earlier periods with perennial lakes in the Mojave River drainage basin.
- Subjects :
- Limnology
Earth Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1022..ccb55e3ced48997be9a4063441e5ed64