Solar control of southwest monsoon on centennial timescales

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1583-1588

  Tiwari, M ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Somayajulu, B L K ^a   Jull, A J T ^b   Burr, G S ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Foraminifera; Monsoon; Solar forcing; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 31644440641     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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