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A lacustrine record of East Asian summer monsoon and atmospheric dust loading since the last interglaciation from Lake Xingkai, northeast China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2017

Weiwei Sun ,
Ji Shen ,
Shi-Yong Yu ,
Hao Long ,
Enlou Zhang ,
Enfeng Liu  and
Rong Chen
Weiwei Sun*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Ji Shen*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Shi-Yong Yu
Affiliation:
School of Geography, Geomatics, and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
Hao Long
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Enlou Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Enfeng Liu
Affiliation:
College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
Rong Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
*
*Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. E-mail addresses: wwsun@niglas.ac.cn (W. Sun), jishen@niglas.ac.cn (J. Shen).
*Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. E-mail addresses: wwsun@niglas.ac.cn (W. Sun), jishen@niglas.ac.cn (J. Shen).
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Abstract

A 336-cm-long sediment core spanning the last 130 ka was recovered from Lake Xingkai on the northeastern margin of the East Asian summer monsoon domain to reveal the linkage between lacustrine depositional processes and environmental changes. Bayesian end member modeling analysis was conducted to partition and interpret the grain-size distributions of Lake Xingkai sediments. Our results suggest that the sedimentary system is characterized by three end members (EMs). EM1 and EM2, with a modal value of 13 and 10 μm, respectively, indicate the variation of local hydraulic conditions. EM3, with a modal value of 5 μm, reflects the background atmospheric dust loading. High atmospheric dust concentration generally occurred during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5d, MIS 4, and early MIS 3, when the climate in the Asian dust source region was cold and dry. In contrast, low dust concentration prevailed during MIS 2, likely due to the southward shift of the westerlies driven by maximum ice volume in the high latitudes.

Keywords

Asian summer monsoonDust loadingWesterliesGrain-sizeEnd member analysisLake Xingkai
Type
Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 89 , Issue 1: Tribute to Daniel Livingstone and Paul Colinvaux , January 2018 , pp. 270 - 280
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017 

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