Abrupt climatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Ice Age - Comparative study of the Guliya ice core with the Greenland GRIP ice core

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-368

  Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Abrupt climatic change; Comparison; GRIP ice core; Guliya ice core

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE;

CHINA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033407072     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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