A 60,000-year record of hydrologic variability in the Central Andes from the hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf waxes in Lake Titicaca sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 408, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-271

  Fornace, Kyrstin L ^a,b   Hughen, Konrad A ^b   Shanahan, Timothy M ^c   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^d   Baker, Paul A ^e   Sylva, Sean P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake titicaca; Last glacial period; Leaf wax; South american summer monsoon; Stable hydrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANDES; HOLOCENES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; SUMMER MONSOON;

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKE TITICACA;

EID: 84910089298     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.024     Document Type: Article

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