Paleoenvironmental evolution of a late Holocen lake in the Azores archipelago

• Main Author: Doolittle Llanos, Sara
• Other Authors: Bao Casal, Roberto, Hernández, Armand, Universidade da Coruña. Facultade de Ciencias
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Oscilación del Atlántico Norte; Paleobiogeografía; Lagoa Empadadas (Azores); Paleoclimatología; Paleobotánica; Lower Lake; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/11560

[Abstract] A major source of interannual variability in the atmospheric circulation is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which is associated with changes in the surface westerlies across the North Atlantic onto Europe. Irregularities in the NAO are responsible for storm track paths across the At...