Tree-ring-inferred glacier mass balance variation in southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its linkage with climate variability

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2451-2458

  Duan, J ^a   Wang, L ^b   Li, L ^c   Sun, Y ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d AVIC Composite Corporation Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HEATING; ICE CORE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

CHINA; HAILUOGOU GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84887313151     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2451-2013     Document Type: Article

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