Late glacial to holocene indian summer monsoon variability based upon sediment records taken from the bay of Bengal

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-228

  Rashid, Harunur ^a   England, Emily ^a   Thompson, Lonnie ^a,b   Polyak, Leonid ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demise of ancient civilizations; Indian summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; SPELEOTHEM; SUMMER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANDAMAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 79955492737     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2010.09.17.02(TibXS)     Document Type: Article

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