Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variability in the semi-humid region, northern China during the last 1860 years: Records from stalagmites in huangye cave

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-296

  Tan, Liangcheng ^a   Cai, Yanjun ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b   Cheng, Hai ^b   Shen, Chuan Chou ^c   Zhang, Haiwei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

late Holocene; monsoon precipitation; northern China; societal change; stalagmite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAVE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; STALAGMITE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GANSU; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 79952091859     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378880     Document Type: Article

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