Hydroclimate variability of the northwestern Amazon Basin near the Andean foothills of Peru related to the South American Monsoon System during the last 1600 years

In this paper we explore a speleothem δ<sup>18</sup>O record from Palestina cave, northwestern Peru, at a site on the eastern side of the Andes cordillera, in the upper Amazon Basin. The δ<sup>18</sup>O record is interpreted as a proxy for South American Summer Monsoon (SASM)...

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Main Authors: J. Apaéstegui, F. W. Cruz, A. Sifeddine, M. Vuille, J. C. Espinoza, J. L. Guyot, M. Khodri, N. Strikis, R. V. Santos, H. Cheng, L. Edwards, E. Carvalho, W. Santini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-11-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/1967/2014/cp-10-1967-2014.pdf