A 130ka reconstruction of rainfall on the Bolivian Altiplano

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 363, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-108

  Placzek, C J ^a   Quade, J ^b   Patchett, P J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Heinrich events; Intertropical convergence zone; North Atlantic; Paleolake; Uranium thorium

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; HEINRICH EVENTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PALEOLAKE; URANIUM-THORIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; URANIUM;

LAKES;

ARIDITY; CHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEINRICH EVENT; HYDROLOGY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BOLIVIA; LAKE TITICACA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84872764848     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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