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Holocene climate change in Henan area: A synthesis of proxy records.
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Quaternary International . Jun2019, Vol. 521, p185-193. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Henan area is climatologically situated in the transition between northern and southern China and the transition is reported to be highly sensitive to climate changes during the Holocene. To better understand the Holocene climatic and environmental changes in Henan area where high-quality data are lacking, this paper first reviewed those published palaeoenvironmental records in attempt to provide a low-resolution framework of the Holocene environmental changes in Henan area, and then synthesized the moisture proxy records from the surrounding areas in attempt to define a high-resolution trend of the Holocene moisture variation for our target site (i.e., Zhengzhou within Henan area). Two major conclusions can be drawn. First, the high-resolution Holocene moisture curve for our target site well follows the general moisture trend of China and the curve is well corroborated by two recently-reported data sets: one from Mangshan loess-palaeosol sequence and another from Laomu-Dongshiya Cave. Second, our synthesis supports an earlier notion stating that the "Holocene Moisture Optimum" in China was a delayed response to the oceanic "Holocene Thermal Optimum". The latter might in turn be a delayed response to the summer insolation peak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CLIMATE change
*PROXY
*SOLAR radiation
*MOISTURE
*RECORDS
*LOESS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10406182
- Volume :
- 521
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Quaternary International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138292798
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.026