A 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China using tree-ring records

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1107-1114

  Gou, XiaoHua ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Gao, LinLin ^a   Deng, Yang ^a   Yang, MeiXue ^b   Chen, FaHu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abies Mill.; Hengduan Mountains; precipitation reconstruction; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; tree ring width

Indexed keywords

ABIES;

EID: 84875393301     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5539-7     Document Type: Article

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