Seasonal stable isotope evidence for a strong Asian monsoon throughout the past 10.7 m.y.

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-34

  Dettman, David L ^a   Kohn, Matthew J ^b   Quade, Jay ^a   Ryerson, F J ^c   Ojha, Tank P ^a   Hamidullah, Seyd ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Monsoon; Paleohydrology; Seasonality; Stable isotopes; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035239036     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0031:SSIEFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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