African monsoonal precipitation modulated by interhemispheric temperature gradients

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 270-274

  Mulitza, Stefan ^a   Rühlemann, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; WARMING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0342264401     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2110     Document Type: Article

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