Synchrony of Southern Hemisphere Late Pleistocene arid episodes: A review of luminescence chronologies from arid aeolian landscapes south of the Equator

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 23-24, 2005, Pages 2555-2583

  Munyikwa, Kennedy ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS;

ARID-LAND AEOLIAN; LANDSCAPE INSTABILITY;

LUMINESCENCE;

ARIDIFICATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 27844564379     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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