Response of climate to solar forcing recorded in a 6000-year δ18O time-series of Chinese peat cellulose

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Hong, Y T ^a   Jiang, H B ^a   Liu, T S ^b   Zhou, L P ^c   Beer, J ^d   Li, H D ^e   Leng, X T ^e   Hong, B ^a   Qin, X G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climatic change; Global warming; Holocene; Peat; Radiocarbon anomalies; Solar forcing; 18O

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLIMATE FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PEAT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

CHINA;

EID: 0033955857     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300669856361     Document Type: Article

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