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Paleoclimatic application of spectral parameters to the eolian red clay of the Jianzha Basin, northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
Reflectance spectroscopy is rapid, inexpensive, and non-destructive and can provide important information about the mineralogy of rocks and sediments. We measured the reflectance spectroscopy of Miocene red cl...
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Open AccessOrbital- and millennial-scale Asian winter monsoon variability across the Pliocene–Pleistocene glacial intensification
Intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation (iNHG), ~2.7 million years ago (Ma), led to establishment of the Pleistocene to present-day bipolar icehouse state. Here we document evolution of orbital- and ...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tectonic-sedimentary cycles and environmental evolution in Southwest Monsoon area since 2.78 Ma, recorded in a long lake sediment core from Heqing, China
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Open AccessNorthern hemisphere ice sheet expansion intensified Asian aridification and the winter monsoon across the mid-Pleistocene transition
The mid-Pleistocene transition 1.25 to 0.6 million years ago marked a major shift in global climate periodicity from 41,000 to around 100,000 years without a concomitant orbital forcing shift. Here, we investi...
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Open AccessGlobal warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary
Across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary (MPB; 5.3 million years ago, Ma), late Miocene cooling gave way to the early-to-middle Pliocene Warm Period. This transition, across which atmospheric CO2 concentrations incre...
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Open AccessOrbital climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau across the Eocene–Oligocene transition
The first major build-up of Antarctic glaciation occurred in two consecutive stages across the Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT): the EOT-1 cooling event at ~34.1–33.9 Ma and the Oi-1 glaciation event at ~33.8...
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Open AccessDiverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition
The mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT) is widely recognized as a shift in paleoclimatic periodicity from 41- to 100-kyr cycles, which largely reflects integrated changes in global ice volume, sea level, and ocea...
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Open AccessTropical/Subtropical Peatland Development and Global CH4 during the Last Glaciation
Knowledge of peatland development over the tropical/subtropical zone during the last glaciation is critical for understanding the glacial global methane cycle. Here we present a well-dated ‘peat deposit-lake s...
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Open AccessPlio-Pleistocene evolution of Bohai Basin (East Asia): demise of Bohai Paleolake and transition to marine environment
The Bohai Basin was transformed to an inner shelf sea hundreds of thousands years ago. This youngest land-sea transition participated in the significant modification of the distribution of fresh water, sedimen...
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Open AccessCharacterizing magnetic mineral assemblages of surface sediments from major Asian dust sources and implications for the Chinese loess magnetism
Eolian dust plays an important role in the Earth’s climate system. Environmental magnetism has been widely used to trace dust variations at different spatial and temporal scales. However, the magnetic properti...
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Late Miocene–early Pleistocene paleoproductivity variations of the Lop Nor in the Tarim Basin and its implications on aridification in Asian Interior
Extensive lacustrine deposits in the eastern Tarim Basin provide records of climate change influenced by the westerly winds and the Asian monsoon. To characterize the evolution of climate change in this region...
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Chinese Loess and the East Asian Monsoon
This chapter offers a comprehensive review of loess studies on the Loess Plateau, and how they provide evidence for past monsoon variability. The chronological framework that has been established for the Loess...
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Late Cenozoic Climate Change in Monsoon-Arid Asia and Global Changes
Based on the geological and biological findings, and climate model simulations, current understanding of the Asian monsoon-arid environment has been synthesized here. This chapter addresses the evolution of th...
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Open AccessNew evidence for early presence of hominids in North China
The Nihewan Basin in North China has a rich source of Early Pleistocene Paleolithic sites. Here, we report a high-resolution magnetostratigraphic dating of the Shangshazui Paleolithic site that was found in th...
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Paleomagnetic and fission-track dating of a Late Cenozoic red earth section in the Liupan Shan and associated tectonic implications
The north-trending Liupan Shan (六盘山) is an important tectonic boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Ordos platform. The Late Cenozoic red earth deposits of the Liupan Shan record its tectonic history an...
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Open AccessInterplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka
Two atmospheric circulation systems, the mid-latitude Westerlies and the Asian summer monsoon (ASM), play key roles in northern-hemisphere climatic changes. However, the variability of the Westerlies in Asia a...
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New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25 Ma ago
The expansion of inland Asia deserts has considerably influenced the environmental, social and economic activities in Asia. Aridification of inland Asia, especially timing of the initiation of Asian desertific...
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Loess magnetic properties in the Ili Basin and their correlation with the Chinese Loess Plateau
Over the past two decades, magnetoclimatological studies of loess-paleosol sequences in the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) have made outstanding achievements, which greatly promote the understanding of East Asian...
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The orbital scale evolution of regional climate recorded in a long sediment core from Heqing, China
Based on the analysis of carbonate content and loss on ignition for a long sediment core (737 m in length) drilled in Heqing, the orbital scale evolution of the Southwest Monsoon is revealed, by using overlapp...
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Changes in grain-size and sedimentation rate of the Neogene Red Clay deposits along the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for the palaeowind system
The wind system responsible for transporting dust onto the Chinese Loess Plateau during the late Miocene and Pliocene is still unknown and recent investigations highlight many controversies. This report aims t...
