Impacts of tectonic and orbital forcing on East African climate: A comparison based on global climate model simulations

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1677-1686

  Kaspar, Frank ^a,b   Prömmel, Kerstin ^a   Cubasch, Ulrich ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Cenozoic; Climate simulation; East African Rift System; Glacial; Human evolution; Interglacial; Orbital forcing; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EEMIAN; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 77957939740     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0538-x     Document Type: Article

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