Evolution of Asian monsoon variability revealed by oxygen isotopic record of middle Holocene massive coral in the northern South China Sea

Quaternary International

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 56-68

  Su, Ruixia ^a   Sun, Donghuai ^b   Chen, Hai ^c   Chen, Xiaoming ^d   Li, Zaijun ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TELECONNECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES LUTEA;

EID: 75849143014     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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