Possible linkages of late-Holocene drought in the North American midcontinent to Pacific Decadal Oscillation and solar activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Tian, Jian ^a   Nelson, David M ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

METEOROLOGY;

DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; IRRADIANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 34548616411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028169     Document Type: Article

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