Spectral analysis of a 1000-year stalagmite lamina-thickness record from Shihua Cavern, Beijing, China, and its climatic significance

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 689-694

  Qin, Xiaoguang ^a   Tan, Ming ^a   Liu, Tungsheng ^a   Wang, Xianfeng ^a   Li, Tieying ^b   Lu, Jinpo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climatic cycles; Laminae; Late Holocene; Moving spectral analysis; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM;

BEIJING; CHINA; SHIHUA CAVERN;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 0032719145     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399671019413     Document Type: Article

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