Mechanisms forcing abrupt fluctuations of the indian ocean summer monsoon during the last deglaciation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-201

  Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a,d   Ganssen, Gerald ^b   Troelstra, Simon ^b   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^c   Visscher, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FORCING; INDIAN MONSOON; LAST DEGLACIATION; MONSOON; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030940612     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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