Chronological framework of Asian Southwest Monsoon events and variations over the past 24,000 years in Sri Lanka and regional correlations

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-228

  Premathilake, Ratnasiri ^a   Gunatilaka, Ananda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b not available   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Holocene aridity; Millennial cycles; Palaeomonsoons; Rainforest diversity; Regional chronology; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885071212     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v41i3.6057     Document Type: Article

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