A 24,700-yr paleolimnological history from the Peruvian Andes

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Hillyer, Rachel ^a,b   Valencia, Bryan G ^a   Bush, Mark B ^a   Silman, Miles R ^b   Steinitz Kannan, Miriam ^c  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Deglaciation; ENSO; Fossil diatom; Holocene; Lake level; Laminated sediment; Lowstand; Pleistocene; Precession

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 57649202867     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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