The elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the Asian monsoon

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-15

  Harris, Nigel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Monsoon; Palaeoaltitude; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOLATITUDE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33749510822     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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