Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

Desert ecosystems in China: Past, present, and future

X Wang, X Geng, B Liu, D Cai, D Li, F **ao, B Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As the largest ecosystem of China, the desert ecosystem and the desertification-prone
region (DPR) occupies 44% of China's land area. The past, present, and the future of …

[ספר][B] Geomorphology of desert dunes

N Lancaster - 2013‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DESERT DUNES Sand dunes cover up to a
quarter of many desert regions. Determining the factors that determine their shape, size and …

Holocene monsoon change and abrupt events on the western Chinese Loess Plateau as revealed by accurately dated stalagmites

L Tan, Y Li, X Wang, Y Cai, F Lin… - Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Here we present, to date, the highest‐resolved (~ 5 years) and most precisely dated
Holocene monsoon climate reconstruction for the western Chinese Loess Plateau based on …

Early Holocene weakening and mid-to late Holocene strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon

S Kang, J Du, N Wang, J Dong, D Wang… - …, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Sub-orbital-scale variations of the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) and its mechanisms
during the Holocene are controversial, partly due to the lack of high-quality records from …

New insights on Chinese cave δ18O records and their paleoclimatic significance

X Liu, J Liu, S Chen, J Chen, X Zhang, J Yan… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In the last two decades, stalagmite oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) records have been widely used
to study the evolution of the paleomonsoon. Nevertheless, interpreting cave δ 18 O records …

Vegetation feedback causes delayed ecosystem response to East Asian summer monsoon rainfall during the Holocene

J Cheng, H Wu, Z Liu, P Gu, J Wang, C Zhao… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
One long-standing issue in the paleoclimate records is whether East Asian Summer
Monsoon peaked in the early Holocene or mid-Holocene. Here, combining a set of transient …

Spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes over mid-latitude Eurasia

J Jiang, B Meng, H Wang, H Liu, M Song, Y He… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The Holocene temperature conundrum, the discrepancy between proxy-based Holocene
global cooling and simulated global annual warming trends, remains controversial …

Stable or unstable? Landscape diversity and ecosystem stability across scales in the forest–grassland ecotone in northern China

Z Li, T Ma, Y Cai, T Fei, C Zhai, W Qi, S Dong, J Gao… - Landscape …, 2023‏ - Springer
Context Forest–grassland ecotones, the transitional zones between forests and grasslands,
often harbor high levels of biodiversity. According to the portfolio theory, communities with …

Temperature controls on the C4 plants expansion in the mid-latitudes and its ecological implications for dryland paleoclimatic reconstruction: A stable carbon isotope …

P Wu, Y **e, Y Chi, Y Wang, R Liu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the dynamic evolution of vegetation and its forcing mechanisms in
the mid-latitude zone is critical to understanding how climate change modulates …