Indian monsoon variations during three contrasting climatic periods: The Holocene, Heinrich Stadial 2 and the last interglacial-glacial transition

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-60

  Zorzi, Coralie ^a   Sanchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda ^a   Anupama, Krishnamurthy ^b   Prasad, Srinivasan ^b   Hanquiez, Vincent ^a   Johnson, Joel ^c   Giosan, Liviu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Core Monsoon Zone; Heinrich Stadial 2; Holocene; Indian summer monsoon; Last interglacial glacial transition; Pollen assemblage

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VEGETATION;

HEINRICH STADIAL 2; HOLOCENES; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LAST INTERGLACIAL; POLLEN ASSEMBLAGE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG; INSOLATION; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAHANADI BASIN;

ARTEMISIA;

EID: 84939165803     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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