Late quaternary climate and hydrology of tropical South America inferred from an isotopic and chemical model of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  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

Altiplano; Isotope chemistry; Lake level; Lake Titicaca; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

BOLIVIA; LAKE TITICACA; PERU;

EID: 0035413201     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2244     Document Type: Article

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