Speleothem-derived Asian Summer Monsoon variations in Central China, 54-46ka

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 781-790

  Zhou, Houyun ^a,b,e   Zhao, Jianxin ^c   Qing, Wang ^d   Feng, Yuexing ^c   Tang, Jing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18O; Central China; Climate change; Late Pleistocene; Stalagmite; U Th ages

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE VARIATION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; HULU CAVE; JIANGSU;

EID: 81055156277     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1506     Document Type: Article

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