Asian summer monsoon precipitation recorded by stalagmite oxygen isotopic composition in the western Loess Plateau during AD1875-2003 and its linkage with ocean-atmosphere system

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2041-2049

  Liu, JingHua ^a   Zhang, PingZhong ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b   Chen, FaHu ^a   Yang, XunLin ^a,c   Zhang, DeZhong ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Jia, JiHong ^a   An, ChunLei ^a   Sang, WenCui ^a   Johnson, Kathleen R ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Monsoonal strength and precipitation; Oxygen isotope; Stalagmite from Wanxiang Cave; Western Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449114140     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0286-5     Document Type: Article

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