Holocene weak summer East Asian monsoon intervals in Taiwan and plausible mechanisms

Quaternary International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Selvaraj, Kandasamy ^a,b   Arthur Chen, Chen Tung ^b   Lou, Jiann Yuh ^c   Kotlia, B S ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Naval Academy   (Taiwan)

^d KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BULK DENSITY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 78650310574     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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