Little Ice Age climate near Beijing, China, inferred from historical and stalagmite records

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Qian, Weihong ^a   Zhu, Yafen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Historical record; Little Ice Age climate; Stalagmite thickness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; STALAGMITE;

BEIJING; CHINA;

LAMB; LIA;

EID: 0036462244     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2283     Document Type: Article

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