Millennial-scale Holocene climate variability in the NW China drylands and links to the tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic

Yu, Yongqiang; Yang, Taibao; Li, Jijun; Liu, Jinfeng; An, Chunlei; Liu, Xiaoyan; Fan, Zhe; Lu, Zhenyu; Li, Yuanping; Su, Xing

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.008

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“…5). Well-dated, high-resolution lithological and geochemical results from the Yanchi Playa (NE China) also clearly showed a sequence of three sharp cooling events at 8.2, 9.9-10.1, and 11.0-11.2 ka (Yu et al, 2006), quasi-synchronous with the NW Pacific productivity/climate events CsS-EH-1, CsS-EH-3 and CsS-EH-4. Yu et al (2006) explained this correlation through linkages between the tropical Pacific and N Atlantic.…”

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Centennial to millennial climate variability in the far northwestern Pacific (off Kamchatka) and its linkage to the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early Holocene

Gorbarenko¹,

Shi²,

Malakhova³

et al. 2017

Clim. Past

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Abstract. High-resolution reconstructions based on productivity proxies and magnetic properties of core LV63-41-2 (off Kamchatka) reveal prevailing centennial productivity/climate variability in the northwestern (NW) Pacific from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the early Holocene (EH). The age model of the core is established by AMS 14 C dating and by projections of AMS 14 C data of the nearby core SO-201-12KL through correlation of the productivity proxies and relative paleomagnetic intensity. The resulting sequence of centennial productivity increases/climate warming events in the NW Pacific occurred synchronously with the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) sub-interstadials during the LGM (four events), Heinrich Event 1 (HE1) (four events), Bølling-Allerød (B/A) warming (four events), and over the EH (four events). Remarkable similarity of the sequence of the NW Pacific increased-productivity events with the EASM sub-interstadials over the LGM-HE1 implies that the Siberian High is a strong and common driver. The comparison with the δ 18 O record from Antarctica suggests that another mechanism associated with the temperature gradient in the Southern Hemisphere may also be responsible for the EASM/NW Pacific centennial events over the LGM-HE1. During the B/A warming and resumption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), clear synchronicity between the NW Pacific, EASM and Greenland sub-interstadials was mainly controlled by changes in the atmospheric circulation. During the EH the linkages between solar forcing, ocean circulation, and climate changes likely control the synchronicity of abrupt climate changes in the NW Pacific and North Atlantic. The sequence of centennial events recorded in this study is a persistent regional feature during the LGM-EH, which may serve as a template in high-resolution paleoceanography and sediment stratigraphy in the NW Pacific.

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Centennial to millennial climate variability in the far northwestern Pacific (off Kamchatka) and its linkage to the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early Holocene

Gorbarenko¹,

Shi²,

Malakhova³

et al. 2017

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“…These were investigated in order to identify driving mechanisms of palaeoclimatic change as a result of the interplay between the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM), the Asian Winter Monsoon (AWM), and Westerlies (Pachur et al, 1995;Herzschuh et al, 2004;Yang et al, 2004;Yu et al, 2006;Chen et al, 2008;Long et al, 2010;Li et al, 2014). However, the debate about late Quaternary climatic variability in northern Chinese drylands is still a matter of controversies (Lehmkuhl and Haselein, 2000;Yang et al, 2004;Chen et al, 2008;Yang and Scuderi, 2010;Lu et al, 2011a;Long and Shen, 2015).…”

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“…Further studies focused on geomorphological (beach walls, yardangs, inverted channels) and sedimentary records (applying grain size, mineralogy, geochemistry, magnetic susceptibility investigations) such as aeolian and lacustrine sediments (Chen et al, 2003;Yu et al, 2006;Wünnemann et al, 2007;Hartmann and Wünnemann, 2009;Mason et al, 2009;Long et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2012Li et al, 2014), but also included palaeobiological investigations (e.g., Mischke et al, 2003;Herzschuh et al, 2004;Chen et al, 2006;Liu et al, 2008;Wang and Feng, 2013;Ni et al, 2014).…”

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“…Up to now, only a few sedimentary studies were internationally reported about the western and central Hexi Corridor, mostly derived from lacustrine deposits among limited numbers of sections or drilling cores (Yu et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2012. We provide a set of 11 sediment sections, dated with 22 OSL ages from the western and central Hexi Corridor in northern China, immediately adjacent to the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.…”

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Late Quaternary aeolian sand deposition sustained by fluvial reworking and sediment supply in the Hexi Corridor — An example from northern Chinese drylands

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“…4-5.3 14 C ka BP, similar to most other sites in the Asian monsoon region. Subsequent conditions were drier, and perhaps warmer, than present.In another study, a lake sediment record from Yanchi playa in the central Hexi Corridor, northwestern China, shows millennial-to centennial-scale climate variability during the Holocene that has been regulated by both the westerlies and the East Asian summer monsoon in a roughly synchronous manner (Yu et al 2006a). Cold-dry intervals in the central Hexi Corridor generally correspond to cooling phases in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, and cold, warm and wet intervals largely correlate with relatively warm phases in other northern high latitude sites.…”

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Asian Monsoon Variability Recorded in Other Archives

Cai

Jin

Zhou

et al. 2014

Late Cenozoic Climate Change in Asia

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This chapter provides an extensive review of paleomonsoon variability on millennial-to decadal time scales in various archives other than loess, including speleothems, lake sediments, peat deposits, desert deposits, marine sediments, corals, ice cores, tree rings, pollen archives and historical documents. Case studies will be presented to introduce the major proxy indexes associated with these archives, and the reconstructed history of Asian monsoon variability. Advances in the study of monsoon variability and the peculiarity of different archives will also be introduced in this chapter.Keywords Speleothems · Lake sediments · Peat · Desert · Marine sediments · Coral · Ice cores · Tree ring · Pollen · Historical documents Overview of Various Paleoclimate ArchivesAs described in the previous chapter, the eolian loess sequence, a unique geological archive in the world, plays an important role in studying the climatic and environmental changes in China as it documents the variability of both Asian monsoon and the aridification of inland Asia. It has the advantages of being relatively continuous and long-lasting for studying the monsoon changes and inland aridifications on tectonic and orbital time scales, and even has the potential for studies of monsoon variations on millennial time scales at some sites. However, other geo-biological archives and historical records are also essential in studying the Asian monsoon changes, as they provide indispensable information for fully understanding Asian monsoon changes and its dynamic forces and environmental effects, especially on the millennial to decadal time scales. For example, taking advantage of high-precision absolute U-series dating, speleothems from karst caves, provide the ages of the abrupt events that occurred within the Asian monsoon regions and make it possible to correlate these events with global climate changes, enhancing greatly our understanding of the linkage between Asian monsoon and global climate change. With multiple proxies, lake sediments are good at providing the integrated information on hydrology, weathering processes, biomass and other aspects within the drainage systems. Coral records may indicate the changes in moisture supply from the tropical ocean, ocean circulation, sea surface temperature and other parameters linked closely with monsoon climate. Tree-ring records provide annual changes of regional temperature, precipitation and the hydrological environment, and are the basis to fully describe the present global warming and the anthropogenic contribution. As the direct index of vegetation, pollen assemblages indicate the succession of vegetation associated with monsoon changes, revealing variations in moisture availability and temperature. Therefore, studies of these various archives, as well as peatbogs, ice cores, marine and desert deposits and historical records, greatly expanded our knowledge of the variability of Asian monsoons and their driving forces.This chapter will focus on various archives used in the study of Asian mon...

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Millennial-scale Holocene climate variability in the NW China drylands and links to the tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic

Cited by 71 publications

References 74 publications

Centennial to millennial climate variability in the far northwestern Pacific (off Kamchatka) and its linkage to the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early Holocene

Centennial to millennial climate variability in the far northwestern Pacific (off Kamchatka) and its linkage to the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early Holocene

Late Quaternary aeolian sand deposition sustained by fluvial reworking and sediment supply in the Hexi Corridor — An example from northern Chinese drylands

Asian Monsoon Variability Recorded in Other Archives

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