On the magnitude of temperature decrease in the equatorial regions during the Last Glacial Maximum

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPLEMENT, 1999, Pages 80-90

  Wang, Ninglian ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Shi, Yafeng ^a   Thompson, L G ^b   Cole Dai, J ^b   Lin, P N ^b   Davis, M E ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equatorial regions; Last Glacial Maximum; Temperature variation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033428933     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02878856     Document Type: Article

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