Solar forcing of drought frequency in the Maya lowlands

Science

Volumn 292, Issue 5520, 2001, Pages 1367-1370

  Hodell, David A ^a   Brenner, Mark ^a   Curtis, Jason H ^a   Guilderson, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SOLAR FORCING;

DROUGHT;

BERYLLIUM; CARBON 14;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVAPORATION; MEXICO; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CALCIUM SULFATE; CLIMATE; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEXICO; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERIODICITY; RAIN; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0035907080     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1057759     Document Type: Article

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