Climatic significance of δ18O records from precipitation on the western Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2732-2741

  Yu, Wu Sheng ^a,b   Ma, Yao Ming ^a   Sun, Wei Zhen ^b   Wang, Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

18O; Air temperature; Precipitation; Southwest monsoon; Western Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952872509     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0495-6     Document Type: Article

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