Australasian evidence for mid-Holocene climate change implies precessional control of Walker Circulation in the Pacific

Quaternary International

Volumn 57-58, Issue , 1999, Pages 81-91

  Shulmeister, James ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033393618     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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