Northern hemisphere ice sheet expansion intensified Asian aridification and the winter monsoon across the mid-Pleistocene transition

The dry and windy Asian glacials during the mid-Pleistocene transition were probably due to the Northern Hemisphere ice sheet expansion, suggest records of grain size and magnetic susceptibility from the Chinese Loess Plateau and model simulations.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors:	Hong Ao, Eelco J. Rohling, Xinzhou Li, Yougui Song, Andrew P. Roberts, Yongming Han, Christopher J. Poulsen, Tara N. Jonell, Diederik Liebrand, Qiang Sun, Xinxia Li, Xiaoke Qiang, Peng Zhang, Mark J. Dekkers
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2023
Subjects:	Geology QE1-996.5 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ice Sheet
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00686-9 https://doaj.org/article/80aa05ab576d49a4adfcff680c4307de

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Summary:	The dry and windy Asian glacials during the mid-Pleistocene transition were probably due to the Northern Hemisphere ice sheet expansion, suggest records of grain size and magnetic susceptibility from the Chinese Loess Plateau and model simulations.