Spatial and temporal variability in the stable isotope systematics of modern precipitation in China: Implications for paleoclimate reconstructions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 365-377

  Johnson, Kathleen R ^a   Ingram, B Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amount effect; Asian monsoon; GNIP; Multiple regression; Oxygen; Paleoclimate; Precipitation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1942440987     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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