An 850-year tree-ring-based reconstruction of drought history in the western Qilian Mountains of northwestern China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3308-3319

  Gou, Xiaohua ^a,b   Gao, Linlin ^a,c   Deng, Yang ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Yang, Meixue ^d   Still, Christopher ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Little Ice Age; Qilian Mountains; Solar activity; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

LITTLE ICE AGE; NATURAL DISTRIBUTION; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SELF-CALIBRATING PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TREE RING;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84940895147     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4208     Document Type: Article

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