Long and short-term change in the Pátzcuaro Basin, central Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 272-295

  Metcalfe, Sarah E ^a   Davies, Sarah J ^b   Braisby, John D ^c   Leng, Melanie J ^d   Newton, Anthony J ^c   Terrett, Nicola L ^c   O'Hara, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Human impact; Late Pleistocene; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MINERAL PROPERTY; MODELING; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPLAND REGION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATZCUARO BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34047142112     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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