Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Staubwasser, M ^a   Sirocko, F ^b   Grootes, P M ^c   Segl, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RAIN; FORESTRY; SURFACE WATERS;

CIVILIZATION; ANNUAL RAINFALL; ARABIAN SEA; ASIAN MONSOON; DROUGHT CYCLES; LATE HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; PRODUCTION RATES; SOLAR VARIABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ASIA; INDUS VALLEY;

EID: 0041883708     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016822     Document Type: Article

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