A new estimate of the Holocene lowstand level of Lake Titicaca, central Andes, and implications for tropical palaeohydrology

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-32

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Holocene; Lake Titicaca; Lake level variations; Palaeoclimate; South America; Tropical palaeohydrology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LOWSTAND; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

BOLIVIA; LAKE TITICACA;

EID: 0033980356     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300671452546     Document Type: Article

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