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 …

A critical appraisal of charcoal morphometry as a paleofire fuel type proxy

RS Vachula, J Sae-Lim, R Li - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire is an important disturbance mechanism that can alter ecosystems and catalyze
vegetation changes. Paleofire records provide a means of inferring how ecosystems will be …

Origin of loess deposits in the North Tian Shan piedmont, Central Asia

Y Li, Y Song, KE Fitzsimmons, X Chen… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Loess deposits are widely distributed along the mountain piedmonts of Central Asia. The
transport processes and origins of Central Asian loess sediments remain poorly understood …

Microcharcoals Reveal More Grass Than Trees During the Mid‐Holocene Optimum on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Z Wang, Y Miao, Y Zou, Y Zhao, W Han… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microcharcoal morphology, which changes with biofuel type in the wildfire, can be used as
an index for wildfire history and vegetation evolution. Here, five loess sites across the …

[HTML][HTML] Aeolian dust dynamics in the Fergana Valley, Central Asia, since~ 30 ka inferred from loess deposits

Y Li, Y Song, DG Kaskaoutis, J Zan, R Orozbaev… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the interactions among atmospheric dynamics, dust emissions and
climate system is essential to understand the physical mechanisms for the dust lifecycle …

Moisture evolution in Central Asia since 26 ka: Insights from a Kyrgyz loess section, Western Tian Shan

Y Li, Y Song, R Orozbaev, J Dong, X Li… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Central Asia (CA) is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, and faces an
extreme risk of continued aridification under the current global warming trend. To predict …

Isotopic evidence in modern precipitation for the westerly meridional movement in Central Asia

Y Shi, S Wang, L Wang, M Zhang, AA Argiriou… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The seasonal and inter-annual variations of stable isotopes in alpine precipitation in arid
Central Asia is of great help to understand the modern hydrological processes and climate …

Holocene fire records and their drivers in the westerlies-dominated Central Asia

D Zhang, X Huang, Q Liu, X Chen, Z Feng - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire plays an important role in carbon emissions and climate changes in the Earth system
and global/regional fires in the past have been detected. However, palaeofire history and …

[HTML][HTML] 新疆艾里克湖炭屑记录的中亚干旱区MIS 3 中期以来的古火灾演化

陈雅茹, 刘兴起 - 第四纪研究, 2024 - dzkx.org
陈雅茹, 刘兴起. 新疆艾里克湖炭屑记录的中亚干旱区MIS 3 中期以来的古火灾演化[J].
第四纪研究, 2024, 44 (1): 48-58. doi: 10.11928/j. issn. 1001-7410.2024. 01.04引用本文 …

The first evidence of controlled use of fire by prehistoric humans during the Middle Paleolithic phase from the Indian subcontinent

DK Jha, R Samrat, P Sanyal - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The sedimentary deposits of the Lower Paleolithic to Neolithic sites situated in the Belan
valley, north-central India offer a unique opportunity to understand the linkage between the …