The Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age in the eastern Ecuadorian Andes

To better characterize the climate variability of the last millennium in the high Andes, we analyzed the pollen content of a 1150-yr-old sediment core collected in a bog located at 3800 m a.s.l. in the páramo in the eastern Cordillera in Ecuador. An upslope convective index based on the ratio betwee...

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Main Authors: M.-P. Ledru, V. Jomelli, P. Samaniego, M. Vuille, S. Hidalgo, M. Herrera, C. Ceron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-02-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/307/2013/cp-9-307-2013.pdf