Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

F Chen, J Chen, W Huang, S Chen, X Huang, L **… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

Chinese stalagmite paleoclimate researches: A review and perspective

H Cheng, H Zhang, J Zhao, H Li, Y Ning… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Stalagmite is one kind of secondary carbonates formed in limestone caves (speleothem).
After cave water droplets containing Ca 2+ and HCO _3^-HCO 3− drip onto floor, carbonate …

Subdividing the Holocene Series/Epoch: formalization of stages/ages and subseries/subepochs, and designation of GSSPs and auxiliary stratotypes

M Walker, MJ Head, J Lowe… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Holocene, which currently spans~ 11 700 years, is the shortest series/epoch within the
geological time scale (GTS), yet it contains a rich archive of evidence in stratigraphical …

What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

[HTML][HTML] Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road

L Tan, G Dong, Z An, RL Edwards, H Li, D Li… - Science bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Arid Central Asia (ACA), with its diverse landscapes of high mountains, oases, and
deserts, hosted the central routes of the Silk Roads that linked trade centers from East Asia …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene climate variations in the Altai Mountains and the surrounding areas: A synthesis of pollen records

D Zhang, Z Feng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on pollen data from 30 sequences reviewed here, we reconstruct the spatial and
temporal variations in temperature and in aridity that occurred during the Holocene in the …

SISALv2: a comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age–depth models

L Comas-Bru, K Rehfeld, C Roesch… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Characterizing the temporal uncertainty in palaeoclimate records is crucial for analysing
past climate change, correlating climate events between records, assessing climate …

The influence of ice sheet and solar insolation on Holocene moisture evolution in northern Central Asia

J Lan, T Wang, J Dong, S Kang, P Cheng, X Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The arid region of Central Asia is one of the world's major sources of dust and exerts a
significant influence on marine ecosystems, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, the …

The Asian Summer Monsoon: Teleconnections and Forcing Mechanisms—A Review from Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records

H Zhang, Y Ait Brahim, H Li, J Zhao, G Kathayat, Y Tian… - Quaternary, 2019 - mdpi.com
Asian summer monsoon (ASM) variability significantly affects hydro-climate, and thus socio-
economics, in the East Asian region, where nearly one-third of the global population resides …

Holocene moisture variations in arid central Asia: Reassessment and reconciliation

S Chen, J Chen, F Lv, X Liu, W Huang, T Wang… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the past two decades there have been numerous studies of Holocene moisture
variations in arid central Asia (ACA). However, these available records show contradictory …