ENSO-controlled rainfall variability records archived in tropical stalagmites from the mid-ocean island of Niue, South Pacific

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Rasbury, Michael ^a   Aharon, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; ENSO; Paleoclimate; South Pacific; Speleothems; Stalagmites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349364383     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001232     Document Type: Article

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