Precipitation changes in Dulan 515 BC-800 AD inferred from tree-ring data related to the human occupation of NW China

Eurasia Antiqua

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 303-321

  Tarasov, Pavel E ^a   Wang, Shuzhi ^b   Heussner, Karl Uwe ^c   Wagner, Mayke ^c   Österle, Hermann ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Juniper wood; Ne Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Occupation history; Precipitation reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751212838     PISSN: 09490434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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