Late Holocene variations in monsoon intensity in the Tibetan-Himalayan region - Evidence from tree rings

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-493

  Bräuning, Achim ^a   Grießinger, Jussi ^a,b  

^a Institute of Geography   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Maximum latewood density; Rainfall reconstruction; Stable carbon isotopes; Summer monsoon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33751204420     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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