Temperature and precipitation changes in China during the holocene

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1024-1036

  Ge, Quansheng ^a   Wang, Shaowu ^b   Wen, Xinyu ^b   Shen, Caiming ^c   Hao, Zhixin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Holocene; Precipitation; Proxy data; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149109749     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-1024-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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