Insolation and cross-hemispheric controls on Australian monsoon variability over the past 180ka: New evidence from offshore southeastern Papua New Guinea

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 911-920

  Shiau, Liang Jian ^a,b   Chen, Min Te ^a   Huh, Chih An ^b   Yamamoto, Masanobu ^c   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian monsoon; Insolation, sea surface temperature; Papua New Guinea; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARM POOL;

AUSTRALIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84870901507     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2581     Document Type: Article

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