Tree ring based streamflow reconstruction for the Upper Yellow River over the past 1234 years

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 4179-4186

  Gou, XiaoHua ^a   Deng, Yang ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Yang, MeiXue ^b   Fang, KeYan ^a   Gao, LinLin ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Fen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

A'ny maq n Mountain; streamflow; tree ring; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 78650223141     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4215-z     Document Type: Article

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