Orbital pacing and ocean circulation-induced collapses of the Mesoamerican monsoon over the past 22,000 y

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9255-9260

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Asmerom, Yemane ^b   Bernal, Juan Pablo ^c   Polyak, Victor J ^b   Vazquez Selem, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cave; Paleoclimatology; Plant domestication; Sierra Madre del Sur; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCEAN CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS;

CAVE; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLANT DOMESTICATION; SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR; STALAGMITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CAVES; CLIMATE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMIDITY; MEXICO; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84878737432     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222804110     Document Type: Article

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