Holocene tropical South American hydroclimate revealed from a decadally resolved lake sediment δ18O record

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Bird, Broxton W ^a   Abbott, Mark B ^a   Rodbell, Donald T ^b   Vuille, Mathias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Lake sediments; Oxygen isotopes; Precessional forcing; South American summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRECESSIONAL FORCING; SUMMER MONSOON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; ISOTOPES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICS;

LAKES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; LIMNOLOGY; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL REGION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 80053351781     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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