Precise dating of abrupt shifts in the Asian Monsoon during the last deglaciation based on stalagmite data from Yamen Cave, Guizhou Province, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-641

  Yang, Yan ^a,b   Yuan, Dao Xian ^a,b   Cheng, Hai ^c   Zhang, Mei Liang ^b   Qin, Jia Ming ^b   Lin, Yu Shi ^b   Zhu, Xiao Yan ^b   Edwards, R Lawrence ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Monsoon; Holocene; Stalagmite; The last deglaciation; U series dating; Yamen Cave

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; DEGLACIATIONS; HOLOCENES; THE LAST DEGLACIATION; U-SERIES DATING;

CAVES; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLEROD; BOLLING; CAVE SYSTEM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST DEGLACIATION; MONSOON; PRECISION; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 77952429806     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0025-z     Document Type: Article

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