Impact of the East Asian monsoon rainfall changes on the erosion of the Mekong River basin over the past 25,000 yr

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Colin, C ^a   Siani, G ^a   Sicre, M A ^b   Liu, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; erosion; Mekong River; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERALOGY; CORE MD01-2393; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EROSION PROCESS; HOLOCENES; MEKONG RIVER; MONSOON RAINFALL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RAPID RESPONSE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; TIME-SCALES;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SOIL MECHANICS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER BASIN; SEAWATER;

MEKONG BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 77949566569     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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