Geological evidence for a drought episode in the western Pampas (Argentina, South America) during the early-mid 20th century

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1731-1746

  Tripaldi, Alfonsina ^a   Zárate, Marcelo A ^b   Forman, Steven L ^c   Badger, Timothy ^c   Doyle, Moira E ^a,b   Ciccioli, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

20th century; aeolian record; optically stimulated luminescence dating; Pampas Dust Bowl; South America; western Pampas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE; LUMINESCENCE; MOBILIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PAMPAS;

EID: 84888634586     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613505338     Document Type: Article

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