Paleoclimate of Southwestern China for the past 50,000 yr inferred from lake sediment records

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-380

  Hodell, David A ^a   Brenner, Mark ^a   Kanfoush, Sharon L ^a   Curtis, Jason H ^a   Stoner, Joseph S ^a   Xueliang, Song ^b   Yuan, Wu ^b   Whitmore, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geochemistry; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Stable isotopes; Yunnan Province

Indexed keywords

LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0033384242     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2072     Document Type: Article

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