Holocene climatic change in Hunshandake Desert

Abstract Research on the geological data of Hunshan-dake Desert in China monsoon region revealed that Holocene summer monsoon had experienced six prevailing periods and seven weakening periods. The climatic humidity and the vegetation had also undergone the similar periodical varia-tion influenced b...

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Main Authors: Jin Heling, Su Zhizhu, Sun Liangying, Sun Zhong, Zhang Hong, Jin Liya
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Hunshandake Desert
climatic change
geological data
Holocene. DOI
10.1360/03wd0286
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.5626
http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroPol/EnviroPhilo/Desert.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Research on the geological data of Hunshan-dake Desert in China monsoon region revealed that Holocene summer monsoon had experienced six prevailing periods and seven weakening periods. The climatic humidity and the vegetation had also undergone the similar periodical varia-tion influenced by the monsoon periodicity. The period when summer monsoon prevailed or winter monsoon weakened and climatic humidity and vegetation coverage relatively increased, corresponded to the global warming events; whereas the period when summer monsoon weakened or winter monsoon prevailed and climatic humidity and vegeta-tion coverage relatively decreased, corresponded to the arid events in middle to low latitudes and the cold events in North Atlantic. As for the changing regularity of summer monsoon intensity there were two distinct periodicities of 1456 years and 494 years, also these two periodicities had global signifi-cance.

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