Millennial pulsing of environmental change in southern California from the past 24 k.y.: A record of Indo-Pacific ENSO events?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Heusser, L E ^a   Sirocko, F ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CLIMATIC EVENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SUMMER; VEGETATION; WATER VAPOR; WINTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SANTA BARBARA BASIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030703719     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0243:MPOECI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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