El Niño events recorded by stalagmite carbon isotopes

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5593, 2002, Pages 565-

  Frappier, Amy ^a   Sahagian, Dork ^a   González, Luis A ^a   Carpenter, Scott J ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; EL NINO; STALAGMITE;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 0037131340     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076446     Document Type: Short Survey

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8. We thank J. Dibb for dating, J. Awe and the Belize Department of Archaeology for permits, the Belize Meteorological Service for weather data, B. Frappier for field and technical support, and A. Juan of Mayawalk Tours for field logistics. This work was supported by NSF grant ATM-0081293, the Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship Program, the N.H. Space Grant Consortium, and the lola Hubbard Climate Change Endowment.