Evidence for Asian summer monsoon precipitation instability of the Younger Dryas phase

• Published in: Chinese Science Bulletin
• Main Authors: Zhou, J, Zhou, WJ, Chen, HZ, Xue, XX, Nanson, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SCIENCE PRESS 1999
• Subjects: Younger Dryas; Asian summer monsoon; precipitation instability; loess desert transitional zone; Science & Technology - Other Topics; NORTH-ATLANTIC; LOESS PLATEAU; CENTRAL CHINA; CLIMATE; AMERICA; RECORD; LEVEL; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Pacific; Plateau Central; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/12075; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885035

The loess and desert transitional zone of China responses sensitively to the Asian monsoon fluctuations. A high resolution loess-dust and aeolian sand-paleosols section records the climatic history of the Younger Dryas. Based upon AMS C-14 dating of pollen concentrates and proxy climate indices incl...