Past dynamics of the Australian monsoon: precession, phase and links to the global monsoon concept

Climate of the Past

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 695-706

  Beaufort, L ^a   Van Der Kaars, S ^b,c   Bassinot, F C ^d   Moron, V ^a,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COCCOLITH; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; ICE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; PRECESSION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BANDA SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84860389235     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-6-695-2010     Document Type: Article

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