An unusual mid-pleistocene monsoon period over Africa and Asia

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6673, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Rossignol Strick, M ^a   Paterne, M ^b   Bassinot, F C ^b   Emeis, K C ^c   De Lange, G J ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

MONSOON; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0032546383     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32631     Document Type: Article

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