Climatological significance of δ18O in north Tibetan ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 29531-29537

  Yao, Tandong ^a   Thompson, Lonnie G ^b,c   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^b,c   Zhihong, Yang ^a   Xingping, Zhang ^d   Lin, Ping Nan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE RECORD; ICE CORE; MOISTURE; OXYGEN-18;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0030374159     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02683     Document Type: Article

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