Evidence for a warm-humid climate in arid northwestern China during 40-30 ka BP

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 2537-2548

  Yang, Bao ^a   Shi, Yafeng ^a   Braeuning, Achim ^b   Wang, Jianxun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES; ORBITAL CHANGES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; LAKES; MOISTURE CONTROL; RADIATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORELINE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; QINGHAI; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 9244220681     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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