Stalagmite-inferred Holocene precipitation in northern Guizhou Province, China, and asynchronous termination of the Climatic Optimum in the Asian monsoon territory

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 795-801

  Jiang, Xiu Yang ^a   He, Yao Qi ^b   Shen, Chuan Chou ^c   Kong, Xing Gong ^d   Li, Zhi Zhong ^a   Chang, Yu Wei ^c  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

asynchroneity; East Asian monsoon; Holocene Climatic Optimum; Indian monsoon; Shigao Cave; stalagmite oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857650018     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4848-6     Document Type: Article

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