Hydroclimatic changes in China and surroundings during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: Spatial patterns and possible mechanisms

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-111

  Chen, Jianhui ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Feng, Song ^b   Huang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jianbao ^a   Zhou, Aifeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid central Asia; Little Ice Age; Mechanisms; Medieval Climate Anomaly; Monsoonal China; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MECHANISMS; MOISTURE; NICKEL;

CENTRAL ASIA; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALIES; MONSOONAL CHINA; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84909647333     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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