Large variations of oxygen isotopes in precipitation over south-central Tibet during Marine Isotope Stage 5

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-246

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

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; FIRST CAVE; ICE CORE; INDIAN MONSOON; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CAVES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OXYGEN;

ISOTOPES;

ICE CORE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; STALAGMITE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; HUBEI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIANMEN;

EID: 77951945041     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30306.1     Document Type: Article

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