A solar (irradiance) trigger for millennial-scale abrupt changes in the southwest monsoon?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Higginson, Matthew J ^a,c   Altabet, Mark A ^a   Wincze, Lauren ^b   Herbert, Timothy D ^b   Murray, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forensic Alliance Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; Monsoon; Solar variability

Indexed keywords

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 9144262273     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001031     Document Type: Review

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