Flood/drought variability in the Yangtze Delta and association with the climatic changes from the Guliya ice core: A wavelet approach

Quaternary International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-172

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   David Chen, Yongqin ^a   Chen, Jiaqi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; ICE CORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSFORM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 51549121763     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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