Extraordinary floods related to the climatic event at 4200 a BP on the Qishuihe River, middle reaches of the Yellow River, China

Huang, Chun Chang; Pang, Jiangli; Zha, Xiaochun; Su, Hongxia; Jia, Yunfeng

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.007

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“…8e, f) points to short periods with relatively regular monsoon dynamics, which could be associated with intervals of consistently weakened EASM. These epochs might have been followed by more-erratic monsoon dynamics, which eventually gave rise to the floods observed by Huang et al (2010Huang et al ( , 2011. Notably, we do not find comparable signatures in the other three Chinese speleothem records analysed in this work, although they are much closer to the regions with reported evidence for almost synchronous cultural changes.…”

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“…Huang et al (2010Huang et al ( , 2011 report strong indications of a series of extraordinary floods in the middle realm of the Yellow River, which might have contributed to the demise of existing cultures and their replacement by others, including the abandonment of settlements along the Yellow River. In turn, Gao et al (2007) attribute their findings to an exceptionally cool period.…”

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Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

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Abstract. The Asian monsoon system is an important tipping element in Earth's climate with a large impact on human societies in the past and present. In light of the potentially severe impacts of present and future anthropogenic climate change on Asian hydrology, it is vital to understand the forcing mechanisms of past climatic regime shifts in the Asian monsoon domain. Here we use novel recurrence network analysis techniques for detecting episodes with pronounced non-linear changes in Holocene Asian monsoon dynamics recorded in speleothems from caves distributed throughout the major branches of the Asian monsoon system. A newly developed multi-proxy methodology explicitly considers dating uncertainties with the COPRA (COnstructing Proxy Records from Age models) approach and allows for detection of continental-scale regime shifts in the complexity of monsoon dynamics. Several epochs are characterised by non-linear regime shifts in Asian monsoon variability, including the periods around 8.5-7.9, 5.7-5.0, 4.1-3.7, and 3.0-2.4 ka BP. The timing of these regime shifts is consistent with known episodes of Holocene rapid climate change (RCC) and high-latitude Bond events. Additionally, we observe a previously rarely reported non-linear regime shift around 7.3 ka BP, a timing that matches the typical 1.0-1.5 ky return intervals of Bond events. A detailed review of previously suggested links between Holocene climatic changes in the Asian monsoon domain and the archaeological record indicates that, in addition to previously considered longer-term changes in mean monsoon intensity and other climatic parameters, regime shifts in monsoon complexity might have played an important role as drivers of migration, pronounced cultural changes, and the collapse of ancient human societies.

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Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

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“…In some regions, the changes around this time are specifically linked with excessive flooding (e.g. Huang et al 2011;Magny et al 2012;Vanniere et al 2013), and Leuschner et al (2000Leuschner et al ( , 2002 report a distinct germination phase in subfossil oaks from Main and Danube river gravels at this time. The fact that the group centered around 4200 BP shows good crossmatching between wood samples from the Orašje, Osijek, and the Krapina regions, which today have strong climatic differences, may be indicative of the larger scale or more dramatic climatic forcings in play during this time period.…”

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Potential for a New Multimillennial Tree-Ring Chronology from Subfossil Balkan River Oaks

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A total of 272 oak (Quercus sp.) samples have been collected from large subfossil trees dredged from sediment deposited by the Sava and various tributary rivers in the Zagreb region of northwestern Croatia, and in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Measurement series of tree-ring widths from these samples produced 12 groups, totaling 3456 years of floating tree-ring chronologies spread through the last ca. 8000 years. This work represents the first step in creating a new, high-resolution resource for dating and paleoenvironmental reconstruction in the Balkan region and potentially a means to bridge between the floating tree-ring chronologies of the wider Mediterranean region and the continuous long chronologies from central Europe.

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“…After that movement, the terrain fluctuation, mountain format and river trend of this area were generally formed. Then, the landform feature changed within a narrow range under the influence of climate change [20] and tectonic movement. River incision and aggradation are important factors of the landform change in the Holocene.…”

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On the Relationship between Holocene Geomorphic Evolution of Rivers and Prehistoric Settlements Distribution in the Songshan Mountain Region of China

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This paper deals with the study of Holocene geomorphic evolution of rivers around Songshan Mountain in relation to human frequentation in Prehistoric periods. The investigations were performed by means of an integration of GIS data processing; field surveys and particle size analysis. In 8000-3000 aBP; in the Songshan Mountain Region, large-scale river sedimentation occurred. This increased the elevation of river beds that were higher than today. After 3000 aBP; the upper reaches of the rivers experienced a down cut; while the lower reaches experienced continuing sedimentation. The data on the elevation of prehistoric settlements above the river levels were obtained from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). These data were corrected according to the evolutionary features of fluvial landforms in order to obtain synchronous elevations above river levels of prehistoric settlements. The relationship between sediment distribution and the Holocene geomorphic evolution was investigated through the statistical analysis of the elevation above the river levels. Outputs from our analyses enabled us to differentiate three evolutionary stages. During the first one, related to Peiligang culture (9000-7500 aBP), populations mainly settled on both hilly relief and high plateaus depending on their agriculture production modes. During the second stage, from Yangshao (7500-5000 aBP) to the Longshan period (5000-4000 aBP), settlements were mainly distributed on mountainous areas and hilly lands to avoid flooding and to develop agriculture. Finally, during the Xiashang culture (4000-3000 aBP), a large number of settlements migrated to the plain area to facilitate trade of goods and cultural exchanges.

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Extraordinary floods related to the climatic event at 4200 a BP on the Qishuihe River, middle reaches of the Yellow River, China

Cited by 131 publications

References 41 publications

Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

Potential for a New Multimillennial Tree-Ring Chronology from Subfossil Balkan River Oaks

On the Relationship between Holocene Geomorphic Evolution of Rivers and Prehistoric Settlements Distribution in the Songshan Mountain Region of China

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