Timing and spatial distribution of mid-Holocene drying over northern China: Response to a southeastward retreat of the East Asian Monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Jiang, W Y ^a   Liu, T S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DRYING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAKE BAYANCHAGAN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 41549118653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009050     Document Type: Article

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