A 518-year runoff reconstruction of Tongtian River Basin using tree-ring width chronologies

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 550-556

  Qin, Ningsheng ^a   Jin, Liya ^b   Shi, Xinghe ^c   Wang, Qingchun ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Li, Limei ^a  

^a Qinghai Climate Center   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qinghai Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Runoff; Source region of Yangtze River; Tongtian River; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

PALEOHYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 8644235695     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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