ENSO Impacts on Lomas Formation in South Coastal Peru: Implications for the Pliocene?

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">El Niño: </td><td align="left">1982, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2009</td></tr><tr><td align="left">La  Niña:</td><td align="left">1988, 1999</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Neutral:</td><td align="left">1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Years used in composite analysis for moderate to strong El Niño, moderate to strong La Niña, and neutral years.  Composites based on JJA EIS values normalized by JJA standard deviation.

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Table 1: ENSO Impacts on Lomas Formation in South Coastal Peru: Implications for the Pliocene? 