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A speleothem record of Holocene climate variability from southwestern Mexico

Date

Authors

Bernal, Juan Pablo

Lachniet, Matthew

McCulloch, Malcolm

Mortimer, Graham

Morales, Pedro

Cienfuegos, Edith

Publisher

University of Washington

Abstract

A paleoclimate reconstruction for the Holocene based upon variations of δ18O in a U-Th dated stalagmite from southwestern Mexico is presented. Our results indicate that the arrival of moisture to the area has been strongly linked to the input of glacial

Keywords

Keywords: Holocene climate variability; ITCZ. ENSO; Me-xico; Oxygen isotopes; Stalagmite; Isotopes; Moisture; Oxygen; Climatology; atmospheric moisture; climate variation; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; geological record; Holocene; intertropical convergence zone; ox Holocene climate variability; ITCZ. ENSO; Mexico; Oxygen isotopes; Stalagmite

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57254

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Quaternary Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.yqres.2010.09.002

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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