Geological evidence for a drought episode in the western Pampas (Argentina, South America) during the early-mid 20th century

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Tripaldi, Alfonsina, Zárate, Marcelo Arístides, Forman, Steven L., Badger, Timothy, Doyle, Moira Evelina, Ciccioli, Patricia Lucia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: 20 Th Century; Aeolian Record; Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating; Pampas Dustbowl; South America; Western Pampas; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Doyle; Pampa; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/7497

Drought episodes during the early-mid 20th century were recognized and described in several places around the world, with extreme dry conditions and widespread landscape denudation, like during the famous ¨Dust Bowl¨ in North America. However, there is scant documentation of droughts in southern Sou...