Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world

Nature

Volumn 513, Issue 7519, 2014, Pages 501-506

  Licht, A ^a,b,c   Van Cappelle, M ^d,e   Abels, H A ^d,f   Ladant, J B ^g   Trabucho Alexandre, J ^h   France Lanord, C ^b   Donnadieu, Y ^g   Vandenberghe, J ⁱ   Rigaudier, T ^b   Lecuyer C ^j   Terry, D ^k   Adriaens, R ^f   Boura, A ^l   Guo, Z ^m   Soe, Aung Naing ⁿ   Quade, J ^c   Dupont Nivet, G ^d,m,o,p   Jaeger, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^k Temple University   (United States)

^l MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^m Peking University   (China)

ⁿ Defence Services Academy   (Myanmar)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GASTROPOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MAMMAL; MONSOON; OROGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SHELL; TOOTH; UPLIFT;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MONSOON; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TOOTH; UPPER EOCENE; WIND; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; FOSSIL; GASTROPOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; MYANMAR; XIZANG;

GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; FOSSILS; GASTROPODA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MYANMAR; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET; TOOTH;

EID: 84908541930     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13704     Document Type: Article

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