Reconstruction of the 30-40 ka BP enhanced Indian monsoon climate based on geological records from the Tibetan Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 69-83

  Shi, Yafeng ^a,b   Yu, Ge ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^c   Li, Bingyuan ^d   Yao, Tandong ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lanzhou Inst Glaciol G   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d Institute of Geography   (China)

Author keywords

30 40 ka BP; Enhanced Indian monsoon; NW deserts of China; Precessional cycle; Tibetan Plateau; Warm and wet climate

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0035339607     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00216-4     Document Type: Article

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