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DOI	10.1073/pnas.1922710117
	The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling
	Fang, Xiaomin; An, Zhisheng; Clemens, Steven C.; Zan, Jinbo; Shi, Zhengguo; Yang, Shengli; Han, Wenxia
通讯作者	Fang, XM
来源期刊	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN	0027-8424
出版年	2020
卷号	117 期号:40 页码:24729-24734
英文摘要	Midlatitude Asia (MLA), strongly influenced by westerlies-controlled climate, is a key source of global atmospheric dust, and plays a significant role in Earth's climate system . However, it remains unclear how the westerlies, MLA aridity, and dust flux from this region evolved over time. Here, we report a unique high-resolution eolian dust record covering the past 3.6 Ma, retrieved from the thickest loess borehole sequence (671 m) recovered to date, at the southern margin of the Taklimakan desert in the MLA interior. The results show that eolian dust accumulation, which is closely related to aridity and the westerlies, indicates existence of a dry climate, desert area, and stable land surface, promoting continuous loess deposition since at least similar to 3.6 Ma. This region experienced long-term stepwise drying at similar to 2.7, 1.1, and 0.5 Ma, coeval with a dominant periodicity shift from 41-ka cyclicity to 100-ka cyclicity between 1.1 Ma and 0.5 Ma. These features match well with global ice volume variability both in the time and frequency domains (including the Mid-Pleistocene Transition), highlighting global cooling-forced aridity and westerlies climate changes on these timescales. Numerical modeling demonstrates that global cooling can dry MLA and intensify the westerlies, which facilitates dust emission and transport, providing an interpretive framework. Increased dust may have promoted positive feedbacks (e.g., decreasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations and modulating radiation budgets), contributing to further cooling. Unraveling the long-term evolution of MLA aridity and westerlies climate is an indispensable component of the unfolding mystery of global climate change.
英文关键词	dust emission Taklimakan loess sequence Asian inland aridification global cooling Plio-Quaternary
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000579059100024
WOS关键词	LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; DUST STORM ; ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION ; NORTH PACIFIC ; GRAIN-SIZE ; UPLIFT ; INSOLATION ; MOUNTAINS ; ICE ; PLIOCENE
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构	兰州大学 ; 北京师范大学 ; 中国科学院地球环境研究所 ; 中国科学院青藏高原研究所
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/326827
作者单位	[Fang, Xiaomin; Zan, Jinbo] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Fang, Xiaomin; Zan, Jinbo] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Fang, Xiaomin; An, Zhisheng; Shi, Zhengguo] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710075, Peoples R China; [An, Zhisheng] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Quaternary Sci & Global Change, Xian 710061, Peoples R China; [An, Zhisheng] Beijing Normal Univ, Interdisciplinary Res Ctr Earth Sci Frontier, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; [Clemens, Steven C.] Brown Univ, Earth Environm & Planetary Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA; [Shi, Zhengguo] Pilot Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol Qingdao, Open Studio Ocean Continental Climate & Environm, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China; [Yang, Shengli] Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Minist Educ, Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R Ch...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fang, Xiaomin,An, Zhisheng,Clemens, Steven C.,et al. The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling[J]. 兰州大学, 北京师范大学, 中国科学院地球环境研究所, 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2020,117(40):24729-24734.
APA	Fang, Xiaomin.,An, Zhisheng.,Clemens, Steven C..,Zan, Jinbo.,Shi, Zhengguo.,...&Han, Wenxia.(2020).The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,117(40),24729-24734.
MLA	Fang, Xiaomin,et al."The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 117.40(2020):24729-24734.