supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41076038,40710069004,40606016 and 41006036);the Project of Global Change and Air Sea Interaction
Two sediment cores, KCES1 and ODP797,which were recovered from the Sea of Japan(JS), were measured for alkenone-derived sea surface temperatures(UK037-SSTs). Our results revealed that the SSTs closely follow the glaci...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB950204);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05120204)
Changes in biodiversity during periods of global warming are of broad public concern.To study the effect of the warming process on the ecosystem,we carried out pollen analyses on samples from seven selected sections a...
supported by the Global Changes Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2010CB950203);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05120704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40930103 and 41021002);China National Science and Technology Basic Work Program(2006FY110800 and 2012FY111700)
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, c. 26-16 ka) and the Holocene Optimum (HO, c. 9-5 ka) were characterized by cold-dry and warm-wet climates respectively in the recently geological Earth. How Chinese deserts and sand fie...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Distinguished Young Scholars of China (40625007);the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB956100);International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2011DFA21240)
In this article,the author provides the first synthesis and classification of available environment-indicating proxies for lacustrine sediment.A review of spatio-temporal variations in lakes from the Tibetan Plateau,t...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB950204);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05120203);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40972119 and 40730104)
Knowledge of seasonal climate change is one of the key issues facing Quaternary paleoclimatic studies and estimating seasonal climate change is difficult,especially changes such as seasonal length on glacial-interglac...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40621063 and 40771072);the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB815900)
A palynological analysis of a marine sediment core in the southern Philippines,provides a detailed regional vegetation and climate history for the West Pacific Warm Pool(WPWP)since the Last Glacial Maximum(LGM).Chrono...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40925008,40876024 and 40776027);the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB815906);the Shanghai Shuguang Program (07SG23);the Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist Program (10XD1406300)
High-resolution clay mineralogical analysis of Core MD05-2904 in the northern South China Sea(SCS) covering the period since the Last Glacial Maximum shows that illite(29%-48%),smectite(14%-45%),chlorite(17%-28%),and ...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2007CB 815901 and 2009CB421407)
There is a scientific debate on the relationship between ancient winter and summer monsoons in East Asia.Some scholars think that East Asian winter and summer monsoons are anti-correlated,and others think not.For this...