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Spatial variation of East Asian winter monsoon evolution between northern and southern China since the last glacial maximum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2021

Qin Li ,
Haibin Wu ,
Jun Cheng ,
Shuya Zhu ,
Chunxia Zhang ,
Jianyu Wu ,
Yating Lin ,
Pei Li ,
Xiangbin Ren  and
Deai Zhao
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Qin Li
Affiliation:
School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian116029, China Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Haibin Wu*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Jun Cheng
Affiliation:
College of Oceanography, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing210044, China
Shuya Zhu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Chunxia Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Jianyu Wu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Yating Lin
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Pei Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Xiangbin Ren
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Deai Zhao
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
Yan Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China
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*Corresponding author e-mail address: Haibin-wu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn (H. Wu)
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Abstract

The East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) is one of the most dynamic components of the global climate system. Although poorly understood, knowledge of long-term spatial differences in EAWM variability during the glacial–interglacial cycles is important for understanding the dynamic processes of the EAWM. We reconstructed the spatiotemporal characteristics of the EAWM since the last glacial maximum (LGM) using a comparison of proxy records and long-term transient simulations. A loess grain-size record from northern China (a sensitive EAWM proxy) and the sea surface temperature gradient of an EAWM index in sediments of the southern South China Sea were compared. The data–model comparison indicates pronounced spatial differences in EAWM evolution, with a weakened EAWM since the LGM in northern China but a strengthened EAWM from the LGM to the early Holocene, followed by a weakening trend, in southern China. The model results suggest that variations in the EAWM in northern China were driven mainly by changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, whereas orbital insolation and ice sheets were important drivers in southern China. We propose that the relative importance of insolation, ice sheets, and atmospheric CO2 for EAWM evolution varied spatially within East Asia.

Keywords

East Asian winter monsoonLoess-paleosolGrain-size componentsClimate modelingLast glacial maximumOrbital forcing
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Thematic Set: Eurasian Climate and Environment
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Quaternary Research , Volume 103 , September 2021 , pp. 99 - 112
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