A multiproxy lake record from Inner Mongolia displays a late Holocene teleconnection between Central Asian and North Atlantic climates

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-182

  Chen, Huei Fen ^a   Song, Sheng Rong ^b   Lee, Teh Quei ^c   Löwemark, Ludvig ^d   Chi, Zhenqing ^e   Wang, Yong ^e   Hong, Eason ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; LAKE DYNAMICS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TELECONNECTION; WESTERLY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 77957897502     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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