A 2400 yr Mesoamerican rainfall reconstruction links climate and cultural change

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-262

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Bernal, Juan Pablo ^b   Asmerom, Yemane ^c   Polyak, Victor ^c   Piperno, Dolores ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGES; DRY CONDITION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; ME-XICO; RAINFALL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SPELEOTHEM;

MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 84858141894     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32471.1     Document Type: Article

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