Quantitative reconstruction of Early Pleistocene climate in southeastern Australia and implications for atmospheric circulation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 27-28, 2009, Pages 3185-3196

  Sniderman, J M K ^a   Porch, N ^b   Kershaw, A P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; LATE CENOZOIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL REGIME; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL MIGRATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CENOZOIC; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 70450273136     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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