Interhemispheric dynamics of the African rainbelt during the late Quaternary

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-67

  Singarayer, Joy S ^a   Burrough, Sallie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ); Quaternary; Tropical rainbelt

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

AFRICA; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; QUATERNARY; RAINBELT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUATERNARY; RAINBAND; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84936884936     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.021     Document Type: Review

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