Textural and carbon isotopic evidence of monsoonal changes recorded in a composite-type speleothem from Korea since MIS 5a

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-112

  Jo, Kyoung nam ^a   Woo, Kyung Sik ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b   Edwards, Lawrence R ^b   Wang, Yongjin ^c   Kim, Ryeon ^a   Jiang, Xiuyang ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Korean peninsula; MIS 5a; Speleothem; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEXTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

KOREA;

EID: 77954028527     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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