paleoMAS (version 2.0-1)

quexilchron: Chronology Lake Quexil

Description

This data set provides the age basis for the chronology of Core 80-1 from Lake Quexil, Guatemala (Leyden 1984; Leyden et al 1993, 1994).

Usage

data(quexilchron)

Format

A matrix with 3 rows (dates) and 3 columns (depth, age and uncertainty). Depth 0 cm is assumed to be modern.

Source

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo

References

Leyden, B.W. 1984. Guatemalan forest synthesis after Pleistocene aridity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 81:4856-4859.

Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, D.A. Hodell, and J.H. Curtis. 1993. Late Pleistocene climate in the Central American lowlands. Pages 165-178 in P.K. Swart, K.C. Lohmann, J. McKenzie, and S. Savin, editors. Climate change in continental isotopic records. American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 78, Washington, DC, USA.

Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, D.A. Hodell, and J.H. Curtis. 1994. Orbital and internal forcing of climate on the Yucatan Peninsula for the past ca. 36 ka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 109:193-210.

Examples

data(quexilchron)
plot(quexilchron[,1:2],type="l")