Evidence for Asian summer monsoon precipitation instability of the Younger Dryas phase

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 849-852

  Zhou, Jie ^a,b   Zhou, Weijian ^a   Chen, Huizhong ^a   Xue, Xiangxi ^b   Nanson, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Loess desert transitional zone; Precipitation instability; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000010438     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885035     Document Type: Article

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