Insolation forcing of the Australian monsoon as controls of Pleistocene mega-lake events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Wyrwoll, Karl Heinz ^a   Valdes, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAKES;

INSOLATION FORCING; MONSOON SEASON;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE FORCING; INSOLATION; LAKE DYNAMICS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 18544405168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018486     Document Type: Article

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