Holocene climate variability archived in the Puruogangri ice cap on the central Tibetan Plateau

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-69

  Thompson, Lonnie G ^a,b   Yao, Tandong ^c   Davis, Mary E ^a   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a,b   Mashiotta, Tracy A ^a   Lin, Ping Nan ^a   Mikhalenko, Vladimir N ^d   Zagorodnov, Victor S ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPE; MOISTURE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE;

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

EID: 33846052777     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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