ENSO tropical-extratropical climate teleconnections and mechanisms for Holocene debris flows along the hyperarid coast of western South America (17°-24°S)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 467-483

  Vargas, Gabriel ^a   Rutllant, José ^a   Ortlieb, Luc ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

debris flow; El Ni o; heavy rainfall; Holocene; tropical extratropical teleconnections; western South America

Indexed keywords

EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; HEAVY RAINFALL; HOLOCENE DEBRIS FLOWS; TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL TELECONNECTIONS;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEBRIS FLOW; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; JET STREAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ANDES; ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749045224     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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