Climate oscillations evidenced by spectral analysis of Southern Chilean lacustrine sediments: The assessment of ENSO over the last 600 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-266

  Fagel, N ^a   Boes X ^a   Loutre, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chile; El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Lacustrine sediment; Last millennium; Little Ice Age; Spectral analysis; Varve

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VARVE; WESTERLY;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; PUYEHUE LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38149087499     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9116-z     Document Type: Article

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