Geochronology and stratigraphy of late Pleistocene lake cycles on the southern Bolivian Altiplano: Implications for causes of tropical climate change

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 515-532

  Placzek, Christa ^a   Quade, Jay ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Climate; ENSO; Insolation; Lakes; U Th

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GRADIENTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PLEISTOCENE LAKE CYCLES; POLE-TO-EQUATOR SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAKE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646800194     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25770.1     Document Type: Article

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