An updated astronomical timescale for the Plio-Pleistocene deposits from South China Sea and new insights into Asian monsoon evolution

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1560-1575

  Ao, Hong ^a,b   Dekkers, Mark J ^c   Qin, Li ^d   Xiao, Guoqiao ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d China Three Gorges Museum   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Astronomical chronology; ODP site 1143; Pleistocene; Pliocene; South china sea

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ASTRONOMICAL CHRONOLOGY; ODP SITE 1143; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; IRON ORES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ASTRONOMY; BENTHOS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TIMESCALE;

ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79958012400     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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