Isotopic and lithologic variations of one precisely-dated stalagmite across the Medieval/LIA period from Heilong Cave, central China

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1541-1550

  Cui, Y F ^a   Wang, Y J ^a   Cheng, H ^b,c   Zhao, K ^a   Kong, X G ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAMINATION; LITHOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL; MONSOON; OXYGEN; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; STALAGMITE; URANIUM; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; HEBEI; HEILONG CAVE;

EID: 84881108940     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1541-2012     Document Type: Article

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