Development of the East Asian summer monsoon: Evidence from the sediment record in the South China Sea since 8.5 Ma

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-159

  Wan, Shiming ^a,b   Li, Anchun ^a   Clift, Peter D ^c   Jiang, Hengyi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Mineral composition; ODP Leg 184; South China Sea; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL; CHLORITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; KAOLINITE; MONSOON; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OPAL; SEDIMENTATION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33749533423     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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