The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

Palaeoclimatic records of the loess/palaeosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau

BA Maher - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Whether during past climate stages or into a progressively warming world, changes in
precipitation constitute a key component of climatic change. Quantitative proxies for palaeo …

The Asian monsoon over the past 640,000 years and ice age terminations

H Cheng, RL Edwards, A Sinha, C Spötl, L Yi, S Chen… - nature, 2016 - nature.com
Oxygen isotope records from Chinese caves characterize changes in both the Asian
monsoon and global climate. Here, using our new speleothem data, we extend the Chinese …

Quantification of Asian monsoon variability from 68 ka BP through pollen-based climate reconstruction

X Zhang, Z Zheng, K Huang, J Cheng, R Cheddadi… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The glacial-interglacial variability of precipitation and its driving mechanism in monsoonal
regions has long been a subject of debate. However, there are few records of quantitative …

East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I

H Zhang, ML Griffiths, JCH Chiang, W Kong, S Wu… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Speleothem oxygen isotope records have revolutionized our understanding of the paleo
East Asian monsoon, yet there is fundamental disagreement on what they represent in terms …