TY - JOUR
T1 - Eolian evidence from the Chinese Loess Plateau
T2 - The onset of the Late Cenozoic Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift forcing
AU - An, Zhisheng
AU - Wang, Sumin
AU - Wu, Xihao
AU - Chen, Mingyang
AU - Sun, Donghuai
AU - Liu, Xiuming
AU - Wang, Fubao
AU - Li, Li
AU - Sun, Youbin
AU - Zhou, Weijian
AU - Zhou, Jie
AU - Liu, Xiaodong
AU - Lu, Huayu
AU - Zhang, Yunxiang
AU - Dong, Guangrong
AU - Qiang, Xiaoke
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - On the basis of a newly-constructed record of magnetic susceptibility (SUS) and the depositional rate change of eolian loess-red clay sequences in the last 7.2 Ma BP from the Loess Plateau, together with a comparison of a record of δ18O values from the equatorial East Pacific Ocean and eolian Quartz flux variations from the North Pacific Ocean, the evolutionary process of the Late Cenozoic Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere can be divided into three stages: the arrival stage around 7.2-3.4 Ma BP, the initial stage at about 3.4-2.6 Ma BP, and the Great Ice Age since 2.6 Ma BP. The evolution of the East Asian monsoon is characterized by paired winter and summer monsoons, and it is basically composed of the initial stage of weak winter and summer monsoons, the transitional stage of simultaneous increase in intensity of winter and summer monsoons, and the prevailing stage of strong winter and weak summer monsoons, or weak winter and strong summer monsoons. The Late Cenozoic global tectonic uplift, particularly the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift and the associated CO2 concentration variation, controls the cooling processes of the onset of Great Glaciation and the long-term changes of East Asian monsoon climate in the Northern Hemisphere to a large extent. The accelerating uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau between 3.4 and 2.6 Ma BP provided an important driving force to global climiatic change.
AB - On the basis of a newly-constructed record of magnetic susceptibility (SUS) and the depositional rate change of eolian loess-red clay sequences in the last 7.2 Ma BP from the Loess Plateau, together with a comparison of a record of δ18O values from the equatorial East Pacific Ocean and eolian Quartz flux variations from the North Pacific Ocean, the evolutionary process of the Late Cenozoic Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere can be divided into three stages: the arrival stage around 7.2-3.4 Ma BP, the initial stage at about 3.4-2.6 Ma BP, and the Great Ice Age since 2.6 Ma BP. The evolution of the East Asian monsoon is characterized by paired winter and summer monsoons, and it is basically composed of the initial stage of weak winter and summer monsoons, the transitional stage of simultaneous increase in intensity of winter and summer monsoons, and the prevailing stage of strong winter and weak summer monsoons, or weak winter and strong summer monsoons. The Late Cenozoic global tectonic uplift, particularly the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift and the associated CO2 concentration variation, controls the cooling processes of the onset of Great Glaciation and the long-term changes of East Asian monsoon climate in the Northern Hemisphere to a large extent. The accelerating uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau between 3.4 and 2.6 Ma BP provided an important driving force to global climiatic change.
KW - East Asian monsoon evolution
KW - Eolian deposits of Loess Plateau
KW - Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere
KW - Late Cenozoic
KW - Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032880768&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032880768
VL - 42
SP - 258
EP - 271
JO - Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences
JF - Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences
SN - 1006-9313
IS - 3
ER -