Tree ring-dated fluctuation history of Midui glacier since the little ice age in the southeastern Tibetan plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-529

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

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; glacier fluctuation; Little Ice Age; moraine dating; Tibetan Plateau; tree ring

Indexed keywords

GLACIER FLUCTUATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE DATING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREE RINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ICE; MOUNTAINS; RINGS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIBET;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84859107407     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4338-3     Document Type: Article

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