Stalagmite-inferred variability of the Asian summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial-interglacial period

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1211-1219

  Li, T Y ^a,b,c   Shen, C C ^c   Huang, L J ^c   Jiang, X Y ^d   Yang, X L ^a   Mii, H S ^e   Lee, S Y ^f   Lo, L ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INSOLATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; STALAGMITE; TIME SERIES; TRADE WIND; WARM POOL;

CHINA; CHONGQING; HUBEI; SANBAO CAVE;

EID: 84903482585     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-1211-2014     Document Type: Article

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