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Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-817-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-817-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
Research article
 | 
08 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 08 Apr 2024

Holocene environmental and climate evolution of central west Patagonia as reconstructed from lacustrine sediments of Meseta Chile Chico (46.5° S, Chile)

Carolina Franco, Antonio Maldonado, Christian Ohlendorf, A. Catalina Gebhardt, María Eugenia de Porras, Amalia Nuevo-Delaunay, César Méndez, and Bernd Zolitschka

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-817-2024-supplement

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Holocene multiproxy records of Laguna Meseta, Chile (46.5º S): XRF-elements, magnetic susceptibility, bulk chemistry and grain size Carolina Franco et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.961940

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Short summary
We present a continuous record of lake sediments spanning the Holocene from central west Patagonia. By examining various indicators like elemental composition and grain size data, we found that, around ~5500 years ago, the way sediments settled in the lake changed. On a regional scale, our results suggest that rainfall, influenced by changes in the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds, played a key role in shaping the environment of the region for the past ~10 000 years.
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