Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China
The fifth segment of the Milanggouwan stratigraphical section (MGS 5) in the Mu Us Desert provides high-resolution geological information on environmental variations during the Last Interglacial. The analysis of grain content (<50μm), organic content, SiO 2, Al 2O 3, TOFe, and SiO 2-(Al 2O 3+TOFe...
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ftunivhongkonghu:oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/164766 2023-05-15T15:07:25+02:00 Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China Xiang, Rong Zhang, DD Ou, X Wen, X Niu, D Chen, M Li, B Du, S 2012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.004 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/164766 eng eng Elsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/quaint United Kingdom Quaternary International Quaternary International, 2012, v. 263, p. 63-70 10249658 doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.004 70 206100 WOS:000305434800008 1040-6182 eid_2-s2.0-84862804583 63 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/164766 263 Ice core Interglacial Air mass Eemian High pressure Article 2012 ftunivhongkonghu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.004 2023-01-14T15:48:44Z The fifth segment of the Milanggouwan stratigraphical section (MGS 5) in the Mu Us Desert provides high-resolution geological information on environmental variations during the Last Interglacial. The analysis of grain content (<50μm), organic content, SiO 2, Al 2O 3, TOFe, and SiO 2-(Al 2O 3+TOFe) ratios in the MGS 5 suggest that there were 17 kiloyear-scale climate fluctuations in the Last Interglacial, including 9 warm events (W1-W9) and 8 cold events (C1-C8), dominated by the East Asian summer monsoon and winter monsoon respectively. The analysis also suggests that the Eemian interglacial was unstable, with 3 warm events (W7-W9) and 2 cold events (C7-C8), indicating that climate fluctuations affected the East Asian monsoon in the Mu Us Desert during the Last Interglacial. The change cycles and the nature of the kiloyear-scale climate events have a close temporal relationship with the Greenland ice-core oxygen isotope data, suggesting that the climate forming mechanism was affected by polar weather, North Atlantic sea ice, range of the Eurasian ice front, and movement of the Arctic frontal, all of which affect the intensity of the Siberian-Mongolian high pressure region through the movement of the cold air mass. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Greenland ice core ice core North Atlantic Sea ice University of Hong Kong: HKU Scholars Hub Arctic Greenland Quaternary International 263 63 70 |
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The fifth segment of the Milanggouwan stratigraphical section (MGS 5) in the Mu Us Desert provides high-resolution geological information on environmental variations during the Last Interglacial. The analysis of grain content (<50μm), organic content, SiO 2, Al 2O 3, TOFe, and SiO 2-(Al 2O 3+TOFe) ratios in the MGS 5 suggest that there were 17 kiloyear-scale climate fluctuations in the Last Interglacial, including 9 warm events (W1-W9) and 8 cold events (C1-C8), dominated by the East Asian summer monsoon and winter monsoon respectively. The analysis also suggests that the Eemian interglacial was unstable, with 3 warm events (W7-W9) and 2 cold events (C7-C8), indicating that climate fluctuations affected the East Asian monsoon in the Mu Us Desert during the Last Interglacial. The change cycles and the nature of the kiloyear-scale climate events have a close temporal relationship with the Greenland ice-core oxygen isotope data, suggesting that the climate forming mechanism was affected by polar weather, North Atlantic sea ice, range of the Eurasian ice front, and movement of the Arctic frontal, all of which affect the intensity of the Siberian-Mongolian high pressure region through the movement of the cold air mass. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. |
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Xiang, Rong Zhang, DD Ou, X Wen, X Niu, D Chen, M Li, B Du, S |
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Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China |
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Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China |
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Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China |
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Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China |
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Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China |
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