May-june mean temperature reconstruction over the past 300 years based on tree rings in the Qilian Mountains of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

IAWA Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-434

  Tian, Qinhua ^a,b,c   Gou, Xiaohua ^b   Zhang, Yong ^b   Wang, Yongsheng ^d   Fan, Zexin ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d Gansu Stock Bureau   (China)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Juniperus przewalskii; Qilian Mountains; Temperature reconstruction; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 73649098463     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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