The importance of solar insolation on the temperature variations for the past 110kyr on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-133

  Gao, Li ^a   Nie, Junsheng ^b   Clemens, Steven ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^c   Sun, Jimin ^c   Zech, Roland ^a,d   Huang, Yongsong ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

110kyr; Chinese Loess Plateau; Solar insolation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; DEGLACIATION; INSOLATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862794719     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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