Exposing the Sunda shelf: Tropical responses to eustatic sea level change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Bush, Andrew B G ^a   Fairbanks, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO (El Ni o and La Ni a); Eustatic sea level; Last Glacial Maximum; Sunda shelf; Tropical climate variability; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 1342291273     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003027     Document Type: Article

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