Evidence for cold events in the early holocene from the Guliya ice core, Tibetan Plateau, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1422-1427

  Wang, Ninglian ^a,b   Yao, Tandong ^a   Thompson, L G ^b   Henderson, K A ^b   Davis, M E ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Early Holocene; Guliya ice core; Solar activity; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0036760203     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9313     Document Type: Article

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