Precipitation δ18O paced the seasonal δ18O variations of terrestrial snail body water and shells in the East Asian monsoon region

X Zong, J Dong, Y Song, H Yan, M **ng, W Liu… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial snails are sensitive to climate changes and their shell's oxygen isotope
composition (δ 18 O shell) is widely used in studies of paleoclimate reconstructions …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal wet-dry variability of the Asian monsoon since the middle Pleistocene

X Wang, DL Dettman, M Wang, J Zhang, Y Saito… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wet summers and dry winters are an essential feature of monsoon climates, but
quantification of change in wet-dry seasonality through time is very challenging because …

[HTML][HTML] The 4.2 ka event in the central Mediterranean: new data from a Corchia speleothem (Apuan Alps, central Italy)

I Isola, G Zanchetta, RN Drysdale, E Regattieri… - Climate of the …, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
We present new data on the 4.2 ka event in the central Mediterranean from Corchia Cave
(Tuscany, central Italy) stalagmite CC27. The stalagmite was analyzed for stable isotopes (δ …

Stable and clumped isotopes in shell carbonates of land snails Cathaica sp. and Bradybaena sp. in north China and implications for ecophysiological characteristics …

X Wang, L Cui, J Zhai, Z Ding - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of ecophysiological characteristics of different land snail species is
crucial for defining climatic significance of snail faunal assemblages. However, little work …

Hydrological changes during the Roman Climatic Optimum in northern Tuscany (Central Italy) as evidenced by speleothem records and archaeological data

M Bini, G Zanchetta, E Regattieri, I Isola… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Study of the climate in the Mediterranean basin during different historical periods has taken
on a particular importance, particularly regarding its role (together with other factors) in the …

Clumped and stable isotopes of land snail shells on the Chinese Loess Plateau and their climatic implications

J Dong, J Eiler, Z An, N Wu, W Liu, X Li, N Kitchen… - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
We report stable (δ 13 C shell, δ 18 O shell) and clumped isotope (Δ 47) compositions of
modern and last glacial fossil snail shell carbonates from the Luochuan and Weinan …

Oxygen isotope signatures from land snail (Helix melanostoma) shells and body fluid: Proxies for reconstructing Mediterranean and North African rainfall

AL Prendergast, RE Stevens, G Barker, TC O'Connell - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we show that oxygen isotope ratios from the shell carbonate of the land snail
Helix melanostoma reflect local rainfall parameters. Stable oxygen isotopes were measured …

Ultra-high resolution δ18O of land snail shell: A potential tool to reconstruct frequency and intensity of paleoprecipitation events

J Dong, H Yan, X Zong, G Wang, C Liu, M **ng… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme rainfall events cause tremendous threats to people's lives and economic well-
being. Given the short time span of instrumental records, reconstructing the full range of past …

Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of modern land snails along a precipitation gradient in the mid-latitude East Asian monsoon region of China

R Bao, X Sheng, H Lu, C Li, L Luo, H Shen… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
The stable oxygen and carbon isotope composition (δ 18 O shell and δ 13 C shell) of land
snail shells preserved in Chinese eolian loess deposits have the potential to reconstruct …