The record of paleoclimatic change from stalagmites and the determination of termination II in the south of Guizhou Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Zhang, Meiliang ^a   Yuan, Daoxian ^a   Lin, Yushi ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b   Qin, Jiaming ^a   Zhang, Huiling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleoclimatic change; South of Guizhou; Stalagmite; Termination II

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

GLACIAL PERIOD; PALEO-MONSOON CIRCULATION; STALAGMITES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 2942540987     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/01yd0517     Document Type: Article

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