Aridity changes in the eastern Qilian Mountains since AD 1856 reconstructed from tree-rings

Quaternary International

Volumn 283, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-84

  Deng, Yang ^a   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Gao, Linlin ^a   Zhao, Zhiqian ^a   Cao, Zongying ^a   Yang, Meixue ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CALIBRATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 84870922507     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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