Climate of the Past www.clim-past.net 1814-9324 1814-9332 7 3 2011 10.5194/cp-7-685-2011 http://www.clim-past.net/7/685/2011/ http://www.clim-past.net/7/685/2011/cp-7-685-2011.html http://www.clim-past.net/7/685/2011/cp-7-685-2011.pdf 685 692 2011-07-04 Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force L. Tan tanlch@ieecas.cn Y. Cai Z. An L. Yi H. Zhang S. Qin State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi'an, 710075, China Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Qingdao, 266061, China We synthesized high-resolution precisely-dated stalagmite records and historical document records from north central China to reconstruct a decadal resolution precipitation record during the last 1800 years (190–1980 AD). 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