Dynamics of the Australian-Indonesian monsoon across Termination II: Implications of molecular-biomarker reconstructions from the Timor Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 423, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-43

  Huang, Enqing ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Liu, Jingjing ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Australian Indonesian monsoon; Sea surface productivity; Termination II; Timor Sea; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMARKER; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS; WOODY PLANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; TIMOR SEA;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84922436437     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.01.027     Document Type: Article

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