Monsoon precipitation variation recorded by tree-ring δ18O in arid Northwest China since AD 1878

Chemical Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-61

  Liu, Yu ^a,b   Cai, Qiufang ^a,c   Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   Yang, Yinke ^d   Sun, Junyan ^a,c   Song, Huiming ^a,c   Li, Xuxiang ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; The East Asian summer monsoon; The Northwest China; Tree ring 18O

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 44649103982     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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