A preliminary reconstruction of rainfall in north-central china since a.d. 1600 from tree-ring density and width

Quaternary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 88-99

  Hughes, Malcolm K ^b   Xiangding, Wu ^a   Xuemei, Shao ^a,b   Garfin, Gregg M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; RAINFALL; RAINFALL RECONSTRUCTION (1600-1988); TREE RING DENSITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0028552518     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1994.1056     Document Type: Article

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