Masked millennial-scale climate variations in South West Africa during the last glaciation

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 841-853

  Hessler, I ^a   Dupont, L ^a   Handiani, D ^a   Paul, A ^a   Merkel, U ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; LAST GLACIATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84860251619     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-841-2012     Document Type: Article

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