Speleothems as high-resolution paleoenvironment archives: Records from northeastern China

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-330

  Ku, T L ^a   Li, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; High resolution; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Speleothem; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPELEOTHEM;

CHINA;

EID: 0032466405     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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