Time-slice analysis of the Australian summer monsoon during the Late quaternary using the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 789-801

  Marshall, Andrew G ^a   Lynch, A H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian monsoon; FOAM; Late Quaternary; Palaeoenvironmental modelling; Time slice analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33750394140     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1063     Document Type: Article

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