Varves in lake sediments–a review

B Zolitschka, P Francus, AEK Ojala… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Downcore counting of laminations in varved sediments offers a direct and incremental
dating technique for high-resolution climatic and environmental archives with at least annual …

A review of the South American monsoon history as recorded in stable isotopic proxies over the past two millennia

M Vuille, SJ Burns, BL Taylor, FW Cruz… - Climate of the …, 2012 - cp.copernicus.org
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 …

Nature and causes of Quaternary climate variation of tropical South America

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 …

Evaporation induced 18O and 13C enrichment in lake systems: A global perspective on hydrologic balance effects

TW Horton, WF Defliese, AK Tripati, C Oze - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Growing pressure on sustainable water resource allocation in the context of global
development and rapid environmental change demands rigorous knowledge of how …

High-resolution variability of the South American summer monsoon over the last seven millennia: insights from a speleothem record from the central Peruvian Andes

LC Kanner, SJ Burns, H Cheng, RL Edwards… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Human and climate global-scale imprint on sediment transfer during the Holocene

JP Jenny, S Koirala, I Gregory-Eaves… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Human-induced changes in the distribution of rainfall

AE Putnam, WS Broecker - Science Advances, 2017 - science.org
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 6900-year history of landscape modification by humans in lowland Amazonia

MB Bush, A Correa-Metrio, CH McMichael… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Water isotopes, climate variability, and the hydrological cycle: recent advances and new frontiers

S Dee, A Bailey, JL Conroy, A Atwood… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Midcontinental Native American population dynamics and late Holocene hydroclimate extremes

BW Bird, JJ Wilson, WP Gilhooly III, BA Steinman… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
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 …