Multiscale monsoon variability during the last two climatic cycles revealed by spectral signals in Chinese loess and speleothem records

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1067-1075

  Li, Y ^a   Su, N ^b,c   Liang, L ^a   Ma, L ^a   Yan, Y ^a   Sun, Y ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CYCLE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; HEINRICH EVENT; INSOLATION; LOESS; MARINE RECORD; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLAR CYCLE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPELEOTHEM; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84940026262     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-1067-2015     Document Type: Article

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