On the influence of sea level and monsoon climate on the southern South China Sea freshwater budget over the last 22,000 years

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1475-1488

  Steinke, Stephan ^a   Chiu, Han Yi ^b   Yu, Pai Sen ^c   Shen, Chuan Chou ^b   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^d   Löwemark, Ludvig ^b   Chen, Min Te ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FRESHWATER BUDGET; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

SEAWATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER BUDGET;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 33745848423     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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