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University of Pittsburgh

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The study compared the record in the Pumacocha sediment core (PC) to various geological records from South America -- Cascayunga Cave (CC), the Quelccaya ice Cap (QIC), and the Cariaco Basin (CB) -- as well as the annual position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).

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U. of Pittsburgh

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