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Hydroclimate Variability in the Mainland Southeast Asia During the Last Glacial Maximum Cover

Hydroclimate Variability in the Mainland Southeast Asia During the Last Glacial Maximum

Open Quaternary
Volume 11 (2025): Issue 1
By: Akkaneewut Jirapinyakul,  Dissaya Sukaudom,  Chawalit Charoenpong,  Penjai Sompongchaikul,  Paramita Punwong and  Kweku Afrifa Yamoah  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.154 | Journal eISSN: 2055-298X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 15, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 14, 2025
Published on: Jul 28, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
the mainland southeast Asia,
the lower central plain of Thailand,
Sundaland,
monsoon,
savannah climate

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