Climate and cultural history of the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Climatic Change

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 215-240

  Hodell, D A ^a   Brenner, M ^a   Curtis, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; PALEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CULTURAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE;

PUNTA LAGUNA LAKE; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 34247495114     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9177-4     Document Type: Review

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