Determining the spatial and temporal patterns of climate changes in China's western interior during the last 15 ka from lacustrine oxygen isotope records

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-247

  Yu, Shi Yong ^a,b   Ricketts, Richard D ^a   Colman, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; China's western interior; Empirical orthogonal function; Lacustrine oxygen isotope; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WESTERLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 66049156555     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1229     Document Type: Article

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