East Asian Summer Monsoon variations in the past 12.5ka: High-resolution δ18O record from a precisely dated aragonite stalagmite in central China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-175

  Zhang, Hui Ling ^a,b,c,d   Yu, Ke Fu ^a,d   Zhao, Jian Xin ^d   Feng, Yue Xing ^d   Lin, Yu Shi ^e   Zhou, Wei ^d   Liu, Guo Hui ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF KARST GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aragonite stalagmite; Central China; East Asian Summer Monsoon; Stable isotopes; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; SUMMER; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; HUNAN; LIANHUA CAVE;

EID: 84878227865     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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