Solar influenced late Holocene temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1053-1059

  He, YuXin ^a   Liu, WeiGuo ^b   Zhao, Cheng ^a   Wang, Zheng ^b   Wang, HuanYe ^b   Liu, Yi ^c   Qin, XianYan ^c   Hu, QiHou ^c   An, ZhiSheng ^b   Liu, ZhongHui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

alkenones; late Holocene; northern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874991881     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5619-8     Document Type: Article

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