El Nino: Historical and paleoclimatic aspects of the southern oscillation
Abstract
This book, including 22 papers by well-known authorities, presents a balanced picture of the possible types of information that can be bound about the past occurrence of El Nino. Topics presented include the following: oxygen-isotope analyses of ice cores in the Andes; tree-ring growth; trace mineral concentrations in annual layers of coral reefs; Nile River flood records back 13 centuries. The book is accessible to outsiders whose interests require a knowledge of El Nino and its historical manifestations.
- Authors:
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- eds.
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6726772
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: From review by Gerald R. North, Texas A M Univ., in American Scientist, Vol. 82, No. 5 (Sep-Oct 1994)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL ASPECTS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; PALEONTOLOGY; 540110*
Citation Formats
Diaz, H F, and Markgraf, V. El Nino: Historical and paleoclimatic aspects of the southern oscillation. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Diaz, H F, & Markgraf, V. El Nino: Historical and paleoclimatic aspects of the southern oscillation. United States.
Diaz, H F, and Markgraf, V. 1992.
"El Nino: Historical and paleoclimatic aspects of the southern oscillation". United States.
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