Paleotemperature changes over the past 3000 years in eastern Beijing, China: A reconstraction based on Mg/Sr records in a stalagmite

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-400

  Ma, Zhibang ^a   Li, Hongchun ^b   Xia, Ming ^a   Ku, Tehlung ^b   Peng, Zicheng ^c   Chen, Yushu ^d   Zhang, Zhaofeng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Beijing Foshan Tourist Service Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Jingdong Cave; Mg Sr record; Paleotemperature; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744533034     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03tb9083     Document Type: Article

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