Impact of pre-Columbian agriculture, climate change, and tectonic activity inferred from a 5,700-year paleolimnological record from Lake Nicaragua

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-149

  Slate, Jennifer E ^a   Johnson, Thomas C ^b   Moore, Ted C ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Lake depth; Paleoclimate; Tectonic activity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; SILICA; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84877838810     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9709-7     Document Type: Article

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