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Stalagmite-inferred variability of the Asian summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial–interglacial period
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi'an 710075, China
High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
C.-C. Shen
High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
L.-J. Huang
High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
X.-Y. Jiang
College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
X.-L. Yang
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
H.-S. Mii
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan, ROC
S.-Y. Lee
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC
L. Lo
High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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