A continuous 3000-year precipitation record of ENSO variability during LGM from a stalagmite in Nanjing

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 480-484

  Kong, Xinggong ^a   Wang, Yongjin ^a   Wu, Jiangying ^b   Cheng, Hai ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave stalagmite; East Asia monsoon; ENSO; Last Glacial Maximum

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744544986     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03tb9102     Document Type: Article

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