Holocene variations in Asian monsoon moisture: A bidecadal sediment record from the South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2889-2892

  Wang, Luejiang ^a,c   Sarnthein, Michael ^a   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^a   Grootes, Pieter M ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^b,d   Pelejero, Carles ^b,d   Linck, Gudula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; WIND;

EAST ASIAN MONSOON; LONG TERM OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON CLIMATE; SEDIMENT RECORDS; SOLAR ACTIVITY CYCLES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

MONSOON MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033568910     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900443     Document Type: Article

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