Sunspot-like and ENSO/NAO-like periodicities in lacustrine laminated sediments of the Pliocene Villarroya Basin (La Rioja, Spain)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 453-463

  Muñoz, Arsenio ^a   Ojeda, Jorge ^a   Sánchez Valverde, Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Pliocene; Sunspot; Varves

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SUNSPOT;

SPAIN;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; GASTROPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0036397669     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020319923164     Document Type: Article

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