An astronomically tuned 8.1 Ma eolian record from the Chinese Loess Plateau and its implication on the evolution of Asian monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Han, Wenxia ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^b   Berger, André ^c   Yin, Qiuzhen ^c  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; WIND;

ASIAN MONSOON; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; KA BAND; LATE MIOCENE; LOESS PLATEAU; LOW LATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORBITAL VARIATIONS; PLIOCENE; PROXY RECORDS; RED CLAY; SIZE FRACTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TIME RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ASTRONOMY; CLAY; COOLING; GRAIN SIZE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LOESS; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 84855324793     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016237     Document Type: Article

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