Strong El Niño events during the early Holocene: Stable isotope evidence from Peruvian sea shells

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-47

  Carré, Matthieu ^a   Bentaleb, Ilhem ^a   Fontugne, Michel ^b   Lavallée, Danièle ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Asociated to Laboratoire Archéologie des Amériques   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; El Ni o; ENSO; Holocene; Isotopes; Molluscs; Oxygen isotopes; Peru; Sea surface temperatures; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELL;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MESODESMA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 12544251760     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605h1782rp     Document Type: Article

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