A preliminary seasonal precipitation reconstruction from tree-ring stable carbon isotopes at Mt. Helan, China, since AD 1804

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 229-239

  Liu, Yu ^a   Ma, Limin ^a   Leavitt, Steven W ^b   Cai, Qiufang ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese pine; Mt. Helan, China; Pinus tabulaeformis; Precipitation reconstruction; Tree ring 13C

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 3242734081     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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