Variability of monsoon climate in East Asia at the end of the last glaciation

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-229

  Weijian, Zhou ^a,b   Donahue, Douglas J ^c   Porter, Stephen C ^a,d   Jull, Timothy A ^c   Xiaoqiang, Li ^a,b   Stuiver, Minze ^a,d   Zhisheng, An ^a,b   Matsumoto, Eiji ^f   Guangrong, Dong ^e  

^a Natl Lab Loess Quaternary Geol   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOMONSOON; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA, (EAST); CHINA;

EID: 0030357347     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0062     Document Type: Article

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