[PDF][PDF] Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts.

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza - International Journal of Climatology, 2016 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews recent progress in the study and understanding of extreme seasonal
events in the Amazon region, focusing on drought and floods. The review includes a history …

Drought and the collapse of the Tiwanaku Civilization: New evidence from Lake Orurillo, Peru

TE Arnold, AL Hillman, MB Abbott, JP Werne… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tiwanaku was a regionally significant, state level polity in the south-central Andes from ca.
500–1000 CE. The development of complex society in the region was greatly facilitated …

Main controls on the stable carbon isotope composition of speleothems

J Fohlmeister, NRG Voarintsoa, FA Lechleitner… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The climatic controls on the stable carbon isotopic composition (δ 13 C) of speleothem
carbonate are less often discussed in the scientific literature in contrast to the frequently …

Impacts of teleconnection patterns on South America climate

MS Reboita, T Ambrizzi, NM Crespo… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic heat sources disturb the atmosphere, which, to come back to its initial state,
disperses waves. These waves affect the climate in remote regions, characterizing the …

High-resolution Holocene South American monsoon history recorded by a speleothem from Botuverá Cave, Brazil

JP Bernal, FW Cruz, NM Stríkis, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
A Holocene stalagmite from Botuverá Cave, southeastern Brazil was analyzed by LA-ICPMS
for Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca. The observed variability in the record was demonstrated to be …

The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems

K Atsawawaranunt, L Comas-Bru… - Earth System …, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
Stable isotope records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most
particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and …

Centennial-scale solar forcing of the South American Monsoon System recorded in stalagmites

VF Novello, M Vuille, FW Cruz, NM Stríkis… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The South American Monsoon System (SAMS) is generally considered to be highly
sensitive to Northern Hemisphere (NH) temperature variations on multi-centennial …

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 …

Two millennia of South Atlantic Convergence Zone variability reconstructed from isotopic proxies

VF Novello, FW Cruz, JS Moquet… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Most reconstructions of the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) over the last two
millennia are based on δ18O records from locations at high‐elevation sites in the Andes …

The forest effects on the isotopic composition of rainfall in the northwestern Amazon Basin

A Ampuero, NM Stríkis, J Apaéstegui… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Forest Effects on the Isotopic Composition of Rainfall in the Northwestern Amazon
Basin - Ampuero - 2020 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres - Wiley Online …