Coupled thermal and hydrological evolution of tropical Africa over the last deglaciation

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5819, 2007, Pages 1701-1704

  Weijers, Johan W H ^a   Schefuß, Enno ^b,c   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORE ANALYSIS; LAST DEGLACIATION; LIPID; MARINE RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; TROPICS;

AFRICA; CONGO RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34047157002     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138131     Document Type: Article

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