Summer monsoon precipitation variations in central China over the past 750 years derived from a high-resolution absolute-dated stalagmite

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 432-439

  Tan, Liangcheng ^a   Cai, Yanjun ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b   An, Zhisheng ^a   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite stalagmite; Asian monsoon precipitation; Central China; Little Ice Age; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MONSOON; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STALAGMITE; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 69049101899     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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