Precession-forced changes in South West African vegetation during Marine Isotope Stages 101-100 (∼2.56-2.51 Ma)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 375-386

  Denison, S M ^a   Maslin, M A ^a   Boot, C ^b   Pancost, R D ^b   Ettwein, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Monsoons; Orbital precession; Organic geochemistry; Palaeoceanography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIATION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRECESSION; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18044381765     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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