An Andean ice-core record of a Middle Holocene mega-drought in North Africa and Asia

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 34-41

  Davis, Mary E ^a   Thompson, Lonnie G ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; DUST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846046087     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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