Computation of the rainfall on Lake Titicaca catchment during the Holocene

Authors
Talbi, A Coudrain, A Ribstein, P Pouyaud, B
Citation
A. Talbi et al., Computation of the rainfall on Lake Titicaca catchment during the Holocene, CR AC S IIA, 329(3), 1999, pp. 197-203
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
329
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
197 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(19990815)329:3<197:COTROL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The water levels of a lake situated in an endorheic catchment make it possi ble to calculate the associated rainfall rare on the basis of the water bal ance ol-cr the whole catchment. Evolution during the Holocene of water leve ls in Lake Titicaca (Bolivia), previously published, shows that in the most arid period, between 8 000 yr and 4 000 yr BP, the average level was 50 m lower than today. The calculated rainfall associated with this low level is 635 +/- 50 mm.yr(-1) i.e, about 18 % lower than the present amount. ((C) A cademie des sciences / Elsevier, Paris.).