Climate change over southern Qinghai Plateau in the past 500 years recorded in Sabina tibetica tree rings

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2483-2487

  Qin, Ningsheng ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^b   Jin, Liya ^c   Wang, Qingchun ^a   Zhu, Xide ^a   Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Jinbao ^c  

^a Qinghai Climate Center   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Moisture index; Reconstruction; Southern Qinghai Plateau; Tree ring chronology

Indexed keywords

SABINA;

EID: 8644237528     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0088     Document Type: Article

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