High-resolution seismic reflection profiles from Lake Titicaca, Peru-Bolivia: Evidence for Holocene aridity in the tropical Andes

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-170

  Seltzer, Geoffrey O ^a   Baker, Paul ^b   Cross, Scott ^b   Dunbar, Robert ^c   Fritz, Sherilyn ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TROPICS;

HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; TROPICAL ANDES;

LAKES;

ARIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; EROSION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; LAKE TITICACA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031961619     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0167:HRSRPF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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