Nonstationary phase of the plio-pleistocene Asian monsoon

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5289, 1996, Pages 943-948

  Clemens, Steven C ^a   Murray, David W ^a   Prell, Warren L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SUMMER; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ASIAN MONSOON; GLACIATION; NON-STATIONARITY; NONSTATIONARITY; OBLIQUITY; ORBITAL FORCING; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON FUNCTION; LAND SURFACE ALBEDO; LATENT HEAT; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATION; PLIO PLEISTOCENE ASIAN MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

WIND;

EID: 0029659190     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5289.943     Document Type: Article

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