We review the history of the South American summer monsoon (SASM) over the past~ 2000 yr based on high-resolution stable isotope proxies from speleothems, ice cores and lake …
PA Baker, SC Fritz - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This selective review of the Quaternary paleoclimate of the South American summer monsoon (SASM) domain presents viewpoints regarding a range of key issues in the field …
Growing pressure on sustainable water resource allocation in the context of global development and rapid environmental change demands rigorous knowledge of how …
Stable oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) measurements of two speleothems, collected from Huagapo Cave in the central Peruvian Andes and with overlapping age from 1.1 to 1.4 ka …
Accelerated soil erosion has become a pervasive feature on landscapes around the world and is recognized to have substantial implications for land productivity, downstream water …
A likely consequence of global warming will be the redistribution of Earth's rain belts, affecting water availability for many of Earth's inhabitants. We consider three ways in which …
A sedimentary record from the Peruvian Amazon provided evidence of climate and vegetation change for the last 6900 years. Piston cores collected from the center of Lake …
The hydrologic cycle is a fundamental component of the climate system with critical societal and ecological relevance. Yet gaps persist in our understanding of water fluxes and their …
Climate's influence on late Pre-Columbian (pre-1492 CE), maize-dependent Native American populations in the midcontinental United States (US) is poorly understood as …