Holocene variability of the East Asian summer monsoon from Chinese cave records: A re-assessment

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 861-866

  Maher, B A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Caves; China; Holocene; Indian monsoon; Magnetic susceptibility; Oxygen isotope records

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAVE; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 52649095479     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608095569     Document Type: Article

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