A 4 kyr stalagmite oxygen isotopic record of the past Indian Summer Monsoon in the Andaman Islands

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3555-3566

  Laskar, Amzad H ^a   Yadava, M G ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Polyak, V J ^b   Asmerom, Y ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian Summer Monsoon; Medieval Warm Period; Roman Warm Period; stable isotopes; stalagmite

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; ROMAN WARM PERIOD; STABLE ISOTOPES; STALAGMITE;

ISOTOPES;

CHRONOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; BARATANG ISLAND; INDIA;

EID: 84886688802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20203     Document Type: Article

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