A high-resolution monsoon record of millennial-scale oscillations during Late MIS 3 from Wulu Cave, south-west China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-90

  Duan, Fucai ^a   Liu, Dianbing ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b,c   Wang, Xianfeng ^d   Wang, Yongjin ^a   Kong, Xinggong ^a   Chen, Shitao ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Bipolar seesaw; Millennial scale climate change; MIS 3; Wulu Cave

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERSTADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WULU CAVE;

EID: 84891021066     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2681     Document Type: Article

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