Southern Hemisphere forcing of Pliocene δ18O and the evolution of Indo-Asian monsoons

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Clemens, Steven C ^a   Prell, Warren L ^a   Sun, Youbin ^b   Liu, Zhengyu ^c   Chen, Guangshan ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; INSOLATION; MONSOON; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 56349138348     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001638     Document Type: Article

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