Response of the East African climate to orbital forcing during the last interglacial (130-117 ka) and the early last glacial (117-60 ka)

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 499-502

  Trauth, Martin H ^a   Deino, Alan ^a   Strecker, Manfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; East Africa; Lake sediments; Milankovitch

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

GLACIERS;

EEMIAN; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INSOLATION; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE;

KENYA;

EID: 84879886703     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0499:ROTEAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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