Mid-Holocene variability of the East Asian monsoon based on bulk organic δ13C and C/N records from the Pearl River estuary, southern China

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 705-715

  Yu, Fengling ^a,b   Zong, Yongqiang ^c   Lloyd, Jeremy M ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^d   Switzer, Adam D ^b   Yim, Wyss W S ^c,e   Huang, Guangqing ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

bulk organic 13C; C N; China; East Asian monsoon history; Holocene; Pearl River estuary; solar forcing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; NITROGEN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR ACTIVITY; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84861840913     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611417740     Document Type: Article

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