Synchronous interhemispheric Holocene climate trends in the tropical Andes

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

Volumn 110, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 14551-14556

  Polissar, Pratigya J ^a   Abbott, Mark B ^b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^c   Vuille, Mathias ^d   Bezada, Maximiliano ^e  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Caribbean; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Milankovitch; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; NITROGEN; RAIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; LITTORAL; MACROPHYTE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUNLIGHT; ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALTITUDE; CARBON; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883416948     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219681110     Document Type: Article

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