Holocene East Asian summer monsoon records in northern China and their inconsistency with Chinese stalagmite δ18O records

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 194-208

  Liu, Jianbao ^a   Chen, Jianhui ^a   Zhang, Xiaojian ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Rao, Zhiguo ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian summer monsoon; Holocene; Indian summer monsoon; Northern China; Precipitation isotopic variations; Stalagmite 18O

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST DEGLACIATION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; STALAGMITE; SUMMER;

CHINA;

EID: 84935002510     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.06.004     Document Type: Review

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