Pliocene aridification of Australia caused by tectonically induced weakening of the Indonesian throughflow

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Krebs, Uta ^a   Park, W ^b   Schneider, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Aridification; Australian vegetation; Coupled modelling; Gateway; Indian Ocean; Indonesian throughflow; Neogene; Pliocene; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DESERTIFICATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THROUGHFLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; MAKASSAR STRAIT; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960619999     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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