Micro-XRF core scanning in palaeolimnology: recent developments

SJ Davies, HF Lamb, SJ Roberts - Micro-XRF studies of sediment cores …, 2015 - Springer
Within the last ten years, micro-XRF (µXRF) core scanning has become an important
addition to the suite of techniques for investigating lacustrine sediments. Most studies to date …

Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

ON Solomina, RS Bradley, V Jomelli… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A global compilation of glacier advances and retreats for the past two millennia grouped by
17 regions (excluding Antarctica) highlights the nature of glacier fluctuations during the late …

The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination

D Palacios, CR Stokes, FM Phillips, JJ Clague… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews current understanding of deglaciation in North, Central and South
America from the Last Glacial Maximum to the beginning of the Holocene. Together with …

The medieval climate anomaly in South America

S Lüning, M Gałka, FP Bamonte, FG Rodríguez… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) is a climatic perturbation with a core period
of 1000-1200 AD that is well-recognized in the Northern Hemisphere (NH). Its existence in …

Holocene palaeoenvironmental records from the high-altitude Wular Lake, Western Himalayas

RA Shah, H Achyuthan, AM Lone, S Kumar… - The …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We present a comprehensive record of Holocene (11,590–628 cal. yr BP) climate and
hydrographic changes around the Wular Lake located in Kashmir Valley, India. Based on …

Pb pollution from leaded gasoline in South America in the context of a 2000-year metallurgical history

A Eichler, G Gramlich, T Kellerhals, L Tobler… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Exploitation of the extensive polymetallic deposits of the Andean Altiplano in South America
since precolonial times has caused substantial emissions of neurotoxic lead (Pb) into the …

Holocene changes in monsoon precipitation in the Andes of NE Peru based on δ18O speleothem records

MG Bustamante, FW Cruz, M Vuille… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two well-dated δ 18 O-speleothem records from Shatuca cave, situated on the northeastern
flank of the Peruvian Andes (1960 m asl) were used to reconstruct high-resolution changes …

Fire in the clouds: How changing land use shaped an Andean biodiversity hotspot

M de Novaes Nascimento, CNH McMichael… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Past land use, particularly fire, affects modern tropical forests. Charcoal from lake sediments
is commonly used to estimate past fire parameters such as burn severity and frequency, but …

Glacial lakes in the andes under a changing climate: a review

BK Veettil, U Kamp - Journal of Earth Science, 2021 - Springer
In this article, we review the current knowledge of the glacial recession and related glacial
lake development in the Andes of South America. Since the mid-1980s, hundreds of glacial …

The vegetation history of an Amazonian domed peatland

TJ Kelly, IT Lawson, KH Roucoux, TR Baker… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
The peatland pole forests of the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin (PMFB), Peru, are the
most carbon-dense ecosystems known in Amazonia once below ground carbon stores are …