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Research article
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30 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 30 Sep 2015
Climatic variability and human impact during the last 2000 years in western Mesoamerica: evidence of late Classic (AD 600–900) and Little Ice Age drought events
A. Rodríguez-Ramírez
Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
now at: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
M. Caballero
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
P. Roy
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
B. Ortega
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
G. Vázquez-Castro
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
now at: Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
S. Lozano-García
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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Short summary
We present results from western Mexico, where very few palaeoclimatic research sites exist. The record has good chronological resolution (ca. 20 years) and clear climatic trends during the last 2ka. The most important signals are: dry conditions during the late Classic (AD 500 to 1000), especially from AD 600 to 800, and low lake levels during the LIA, in two phases that follow Spörer and Maunder solar minima. Drier conditions are related with a lower intensity of the North American monsoon.
We present results from western Mexico, where very few palaeoclimatic research sites exist. The...
