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Four Centuries of Climatic Variation Across the Tibetan Plateau from Ice-Core Accumulation and δ18O Records

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Falls, USA

    L. DeWayne Cecil

  2. Garden City Community College, Kansas, USA

    Jaromy R. Green

  3. The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

    Lonnie G. Thompson

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Davis, M.E., Thompson, L.G. (2004). Four Centuries of Climatic Variation Across the Tibetan Plateau from Ice-Core Accumulation and δ18O Records. In: DeWayne Cecil, L., Green, J.R., Thompson, L.G. (eds) Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2146-1_8

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