Long and short-term change in the Pátzcuaro Basin, central Mexico

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 247; no. 3; pp. 272 - 295
• Main Authors: Metcalfe, Sarah E., Davies, Sarah J., Braisby, John D., Leng, Melanie J., Newton, Anthony J., Terrett, Nicola L., O'Hara, Sarah L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 30.04.2007
• Subjects: Bacillariophyceae; Climate change; Holocene; Human impact; Late Pleistocene; Mexico; Ostracoda; Human impact; Climate change; Mexico; Late Pleistocene; Holocene

Data are presented from four new cores from the Pátzcuaro basin in the volcanic highlands of central Mexico, which provide new insights into climate change and human impact over the last 23,000 cal. yr (19,000  14C yr) BP. The cores have been analysed for a range of proxies including mineral magneti...