No aridity in Sunda Land during the Last Glaciation: Evidence from molecular-isotopic stratigraphy of long-chain n-alkanes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 269-281

  Hu, Jianfang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Fang, Dianyong ^b   Jia, Guodong ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^b   Wang, Pinxian ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aridity; Carbon isotopic composition; Late quaternary; Long chain n alkanes; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0345581166     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00613-8     Document Type: Article

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