A persistent Holocene wetting trend in arid central Asia, with wettest conditions in the late Holocene, revealed by multi-proxy analyses of loess-paleosol sequences in …

F Chen, J Jia, J Chen, G Li, X Zhang, H Xie… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
There are significant differences in the interpretation of the moisture (precipitation) history of
arid central Asia (ACA) during the Holocene, as inferred on one hand from speleothem …

Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon and its potential linkage with uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau

R Tada, H Zheng, PD Clift - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2016 - Springer
Uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau (HTP) and its linkage with the evolution of the
Asian monsoon has been regarded as a typical example of a tectonic–climate linkage …

A new biologic paleoaltimetry indicating Late Miocene rapid uplift of northern Tibet Plateau

Y Miao, X Fang, J Sun, W Xiao, Y Yang, X Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The uplift of the Tibet Plateau (TP) during the Miocene is crucial to understanding the
evolution of Asian monsoon regimes and alpine biodiversity. However, the northern Tibet …

Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

Z An, SM Colman, W Zhou, X Li, ET Brown, AJT Jull… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Two atmospheric circulation systems, the mid-latitude Westerlies and the Asian summer
monsoon (ASM), play key roles in northern-hemisphere climatic changes. However, the …

The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling

X Fang, Z An, SC Clemens, J Zan… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Aeolian sediment evidence that global cooling has driven late Cenozoic stepwise aridification in central Asia

H Lu, X Wang, L Li - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
It has been a long held view that uplift of the Tibetan Plateau dominated stepwise climatic
drying in central Asia during the late Cenozoic. On the other hand, global cooling may also …

Source-to-sink fluctuations of Asian aeolian deposits since the late Oligocene

Y Sun, Y Yan, J Nie, G Li, Z Shi, X Qiang, H Chang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The source-to-sink fluctuations of Asian aeolian deposits have been investigated over the
past two decades using multiple mineralogical and geochemical tracers. These source …

Organic carbon pools in permafrost regions on the Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau

C Mu, T Zhang, Q Wu, X Peng, B Cao, X Zhang… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
The current Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database did not include organic carbon
storage in permafrost regions on the Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau (QXP). In this study …

Formation and evolution of the Badain Jaran Desert, North China, as revealed by a drill core from the desert centre and by geological survey

F Wang, D Sun, F Chen, J Bloemendal, F Guo… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
The deserts in north China are regarded as direct records of the process of inland Asian
aridification. Amongst these deserts, those proximal to the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) are …

Spatio-temporal distribution of Quaternary loess across Central Asia

Y Song, Y Li, L Cheng, X Zong, S Kang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central Asia (CA) is one of the main loess regions in the world and provides important
information for the understanding of paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes …