Chinese loess and the evolution of the east Asian monsoon

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-96

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Zhao, Jingpo ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Climatic change; Dynamic forcing; East Asian monsoon; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOESS; MONSOON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0034088723     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913330002400104     Document Type: Review

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