A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record

Zhang, Pingzhong; Cheng, Hai; Lawrence Edwards, R.; Chen, Fahu; Wang, Yongjin; Yang, Xunlin; Liu, Jian; Tan, Ming; Wang, Xianfeng; Liu, Jinghua; An, Chunlei; Dai, Zhibo; Zhou, Jing; Zhang, Dezhong; Jia, Jihong; Jin, Liya; R. Johnson, Kathleen

doi:10.1126/science.1163965

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A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record

Published in Science • Nov 6, 2008

Authors:

Pingzhong Zhang

Hai Cheng

R. Lawrence Edwards

Abstract

A record from Wanxiang Cave, China, characterizes Asian Monsoon (AM) history over the past 1810 years. The summer monsoon correlates with solar variability, Northern Hemisphere and Chinese temperature, Alpine glacial retreat, and Chinese cultural changes. It was generally strong during Europe's Medi...

Subject

Monsoon

Period (music)

Northern Hemisphere

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