All Articles tagged North American Cordillera

• Science Paper
  April 01, 2015 EDT
  Rapid Change in High-Elevation Precipitation Patterns of Western North America During the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)
  Andreas MulchC. P. ChamberlainMichael A. CoscaChristian TeyssierKatharina MethnerMichael T. HrenStephan A. Graham

  We present Eocene terrestrial oxygen (δ18O), carbon (δ13C), and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope lake and paleosol records from two high elevation sites on the western North American plateau. These records represent...

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• Science Paper
  December 01, 2014 EDT
  Isotope Hydrology of Early Paleogene Lake Flagstaff, Central Utah: Implications for Cordilleran Evolution
  Justin H. VanDeVeldeGabriel J. Bowen

  Lacustrine sediments from Paleogene foreland basins of the North American Cordillera serve as powerful integrators of information on climatic and tectonic conditions, but episodes of hydrologic connection between basins may...

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• Science Paper
  September 01, 2013 EDT
  Early Cenozoic Evolution of Topography, Climate, and Stable Isotopes in Precipitation in the North American Cordillera
  Ran FengChristopher J. PoulsenMartin WernerC. Page ChamberlainHari T. MixAndreas Mulch

  Paleoelevation reconstructions of the North American Cordillera inferred from the oxygen (δ18O) and hydrogen (δD) isotope ratios of terrestrial paleoclimate proxy materials (soils, ashes, lake sediments) suggest rapid north-to-south migration...

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• Science Paper
  September 01, 2009 EDT
  Synorogenic Evolution of Large-Scale Drainage Patterns: Isotope Paleohydrology of Sequential Laramide Basins
  Steven J. DavisHari T. MixBettina A. WiegandAlan R. CarrollC. Page Chamberlain

  In the past decade, we and others have compiled an extensive dataset of O, C and Sr isotope stratigraphies from sedimentary basins throughout the Paleogene North American Cordillera. In this...

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