Climate variability in the Salawusu River valley of the Ordos Plateau (Inner Mongolia, China) during Marine Isotope Stage 3

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Wen, Xiaohao ^a   Li, Baosheng ^a,b   Zheng, Yanming ^a   Zhang, David Dian ^c   Ye, Jianping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chenchuan Formation; Climate variability; East Asian monsoon; Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3); Salawusu River valley

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GRIP; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS BASIN; SALAWUSU VALLEY;

EID: 65349161648     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1180     Document Type: Article

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