Yakushima Island, Southern Japan
Reference
Cini Castagnoli, G., Taricco, C. and Alessio, S. 2005. Isotopic record in a marine shallow-water core: Imprint of solar centennial cycles in the past 2 millennia. Advances in Space Research 35: 504-508.
Reference
Cini Castagnoli, G., Taricco, C. and Alessio, S. 2005. Isotopic record in a marine shallow-water core: Imprint of solar centennial cycles in the past 2 millennia. Advances in Space Research 35: 504-508.
Description
Based on δ13C data from a two-millennia-long tree-ring record of Japanese cedars growing on Yakushima Island, southern Japan (30°20'N, 130°30'E), the authors identify the Medieval Warm Period as an interval of high temperature between 800 and 1200 AD.