@book{fdi:010082929, title = {{P}ast climate variability in {S}outh {A}merica and surrounding regions : from the last glacial maximum to the {H}olocene}, author = {{V}imeux, {F}ran{\c{c}}oise and {S}ylvestre, {F}lorence and {K}hodri, {M}yriam}, editor = {{V}imeux, {F}ran{\c{c}}oise and {S}ylvestre, {F}lorence and {K}hodri, {M}yriam}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his book groups together overviews and original research papers dealing with {S}outh {A}merican climate variability from the {L}ast {G}lacial {M}aximum to the {H}olocene. {T}he contributions deal with tropical, temperate and high latitudes climate variability in {S}outh {A}merica and in surrounding regions (including {P}acific and {A}tlantic {O}ceans and {A}ntarctica). {I}t offers results obtained from both natural climate archives and recent simulations from coupled climate models. {T}he objective is to propose a state of the art about our knowledge of past climate variability in {S}outh {A}merica. {S}pecifically, this book aims at presenting the whole available observations and at discussing climate mechanisms, specifically the low to high latitude teleconnections on that continent which spreads out from the equator to {P}atagonia. {I}t is written by an expert group of climate change scientists, and presents an insight into dynamics of the past and provides climate modellers with work of reference for data-model comparison. {T}he book is an advanced but very readable text essential for all students and scientists interested in global environmental change.}, keywords = {{GUATEMALA} ; {BRESIL} ; {ANDES} ; {CHILI} ; {PEROU} ; {ARGENTINE} ; {AMERIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {PETEN} {ITZA} {LAC} ; {UMAYO} {LAGUNE} ; {PATAGONIE}}, address = {{D}ordrecht}, publisher = {{S}pringer}, series = {{D}evelopments in {P}aleoenvironmental {R}esearch}, pages = {418}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1007/978-90-481-2672-9}, ISBN = {978-90-481-2671-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082929}, }