Possible orographic and solar controls of Late Holocene centennial-scale moisture oscillations in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Cheng ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^b   Ito, Emi ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; FRESH WATER LAKES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE HOLOCENE; LEVEL CHANGE; MONSOON INTENSITY; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; QAIDAM BASIN; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CONTROL; SOLAR FORCING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY; LAKES; SOLAR ENERGY;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AIR MASS; CARBONATE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; MOISTURE CONTENT; OROGRAPHY; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY; LAKES; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOUNTAINS; PRECIPITATION; SUN LIGHT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 72049099036     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040951     Document Type: Article

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