Paleoenvironmental Response to Climate Change in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In order to make informed and useful policy decisions regarding climate change, it is necessary to understand not only the Earth's climate history, but how the environment responds to climate change. Paleolimnology is becoming an increasing popular way of accessing terrestrial paleoenvironmental data, and can be used to reconstruct paleoecology and lake dynamics. In this study, the results of elemental and isotopic analyses of lacustrine sediments from two sites in the Sibinacocha watershed of the Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru, are compared to climatic data from the Quelccaya ice core to better understand the relationship between climate change and vegetative response.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | September 2005 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Rosen, Julia |
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| Primary advisor | Dunbar, Rob |
| Advisor | Paytan, Adina |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Subject | climatic changes |
| Subject | Peru |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Rosen, Julia. (2005). Paleoenvironmental Response to Climate Change in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/nm484xm3614
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Undergraduate Honors Theses, Doerr School of Sustainability
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