Wavelet analysis reveals periodic oscillations in a 1700 year ice-core record from Guliya, China

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 132-136

  Yang, Meixue ^a,b,c   Yao, Tandong ^b   Gou, Xiaohua ^d   Wang, Huijun ^c   Neumann, Thomas ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GULIYA ICE CAP; NEI MONGGOL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846051002     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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