Climate variability in the SW Indian Ocean from an 8000-yr long multi-proxy record in the Mauritian lowlands shows a middle to late Holocene shift from negative IOD-state to ENSO-state

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-189

  De Boer, Erik J ^a   Tjallingii, Rik ^b   Vélez, Maria I ^c   Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^a   Vlug, Anouk ^a   Reichart, Gert Jan ^b   Prendergast, Amy L ^d   de Louw, Perry G B ^e   Florens, F B Vincent ^f   Baider, Cláudia ^g   Hooghiemstra, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^g Mauritius Herbarium   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Indian Ocean Dipole; Monsoon precipitation; Oceanic island; Palm woodland; Sea level rise; Semi dry lowland forest

Indexed keywords

INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; OCEANIC ISLANDS; PALM WOODLAND; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEMI-DRY LOWLAND FOREST;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

INDIAN OCEAN; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 84892855256     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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