Geochemical and climate modeling evidence for Holocene aridification in Hawaii: Dynamic response to a weakening equatorial cold tongue

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3057-3066

  Uchikawa, Joji ^a   Popp, Brian N ^a   Schoonmaker, Jane E ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a   Lorenz, Stephan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; C ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DYNAMIC LINKS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HOLOCENES; M SEQUENCE; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; N-ALKANES; NORTH PACIFIC; PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD; PLANT LEAF; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTIONS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957371005     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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