Late Pleistocene monsoon variability in northwest Thailand: An oxygen isotope sequence from the bivalve Margaritanopsis laosensis excavated in Mae Hong Son province

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 3088-3098

  Marwick, Ben ^a   Gagan, Michael K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Freshwater bivalve; Geochemistry; Late Pleistocene; Oxygen 18; Palaeomonsoon; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FRESHWATER BIVALVES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; OXYGEN-18; PALAEOMONSOON; THAILAND;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CAVES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEINRICH EVENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NEW RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; RIVER WATER;

CHINA; DONGGE CAVE; GUIZHOU; HULU CAVE; JIANGSU; MAE HONG SON; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 80052956976     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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