A stalagmite record of abrupt climate change and possible Westerlies-derived atmospheric precipitation during the Penultimate Glacial Maximum in northern China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 393, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-44

  Railsback, L Bruce ^a   Xiao, Honglin ^b   Liang, Fuyuan ^c   Akers, Pete D ^a   Brook, George A ^a   Dennis, William M ^a   Lanier, Thomas E ^a   Tan, Ming ^d   Cheng, Hai ^e,f   Edwards, R Lawrence ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; MIS 6; Paleoclimate; Penultimate Glacial Maximum; Stalagmite; Wanxiang Cave

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

CHINA;

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84888093126     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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