Early to mid-Holocene aridity in central Chile and the southern Westerlies: The Laguna Aculeo record (34°S)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 160-170

  Jenny, Bettina ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas L ^b   Villa Martínez, Rodrigo ^c   Urrutia, Roberto ^d   Geyh, Mebus ^e   Veit, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e Institute for Joint Geoscientific Research (GGA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; El Ni o; Holocene; Lake sediments; Mid Holocene; Pollen; South America

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; EL NINO; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

CHILE; LAGUNA ACULEO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036767782     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2370     Document Type: Article

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