Environmental impacts of Little Ice Age cooling in central Mexico recorded in the sediments of a tropical alpine lake

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Cuna, E ^a   Zawisza, E ^a,c   Caballero, M ^a   Ruiz Fernandez A C ^a   Lozano Garcia S ^a   Alcocer, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Mexico; Cladocerans; Diatoms; LIA; Tropical alpine lake

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COOLING; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PH; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADO DE TOLUCA;

EID: 84892886314     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9748-0     Document Type: Article

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