The East Asian summer monsoon variability over the last 145 years inferred from the Shihua Cave record, North China

Abstract The precipitation variability associated with the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) has profound societal implications. Here, we use precisely dated and seasonally-resolved stalagmite oxygen isotope (δ18O) records from Shihua Cave, North China to reconstruct the EASM variability over the las...

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Main Authors: Xianglei Li, Hai Cheng, Liangcheng Tan, Fengmei Ban, Ashish Sinha, Wuhui Duan, Hanying Li, Haiwei Zhang, Youfeng Ning, Gayatri Kathayat, R. Lawrence Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07251-3