δ18 O records from Tibetan ice cores reveal differences in climatic changes

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-7

  Yao, Tandong ^a   Li, Zexia ^b   Thompson, Lonnie G ^c   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^c   Wang, Youqing ^a   Tian, Lide ^b   Wang, Ninglian ^b   Duan, Keqin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CORE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

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

EID: 33846076224     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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