Possible solar forcing of climate variability in the past 4000 years inferred from a proxy record at the southern margin of Tarim Basin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1190-1195

  Zhong, Wei ^a   Wang, Liguo ^b   Tashpolat, Tyip ^b   Xiong, Heigang ^b   Shu, Qiang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decadal to cenlennial scale; Solar forcing; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749665088     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0337     Document Type: Article

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