A regional climate model study of the impact of tectonic and orbital forcing on African precipitation and vegetation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-162

  Prömmel, Kerstin ^a   Cubasch, Ulrich ^a   Kaspar, Frank ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Eemian; Orography change; Precipitation; Regional climate modeling; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EEMIAN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INSOLATION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; OROGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIFT ZONE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TECTONICS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 84872037489     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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