Different orbital rhythms in the Asian summer monsoon records from North and South China during the Pleistocene

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-60

  Ao, Hong ^a,b   Dekkers, Mark J ^c   Xiao, Guoqiao ^d   Yang, Xiaoqiang ^e   Qin, Li ^f   Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f China Three Gorges Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Glacial interglacial cycles; North China; Pleistocene; Solar insolation; South China

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; NORTH CHINA; PLEISTOCENE; SOLAR INSOLATION; SOUTH CHINA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ASTRONOMY; CYCLICITY; ECCENTRICITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; IRON OXIDE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECESSION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STALAGMITE;

CHINA; HEBEI; LOESS PLATEAU; NIHEWAN BASIN;

EID: 80755152934     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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