August temperature variability in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau since AD 1385 inferred from tree rings

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 84-92

  Zhu, Hai Feng ^a,b   Shao, Xue Mei ^b   Yin, Zhi Yong ^c   Xu, Peng ^b   Xu, Yan ^b   Tian, Hua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability, timberline; Picea likiangensis var balfouriana; Southeastern Tibetan Plateau; Temperature reconstruction; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ICE CORE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING; TREELINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

PICEA; PICEA LIKIANGENSIS; PICEA LIKIANGENSIS VAR. BALFOURIANA;

EID: 79955465104     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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