Recently,Wu et al.[1]suggested an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the eastern Tibetan Plateau at 1920BCE(3870 a BP,BP denotes year before 1950 CE)caused the Great Flood in the middle-lower Yellow Ri...Recently,Wu et al.[1]suggested an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the eastern Tibetan Plateau at 1920BCE(3870 a BP,BP denotes year before 1950 CE)caused the Great Flood in the middle-lower Yellow River reaches,and resulted in the founding of Xia Dynasty at 3850 a BP.This age is$150–300younger than the previously estimated age of the Xia Dynasty[2].While the geological evidence of the outburst flood。展开更多
An absolute-dated, bi-decadal-resolution, stalagmite oxygen-isotopic time series from Shigao Cave reveals the evolution of summer monsoon precipitation over the past 9.9 ka BP in northern Guizhou Province, Southwest C...An absolute-dated, bi-decadal-resolution, stalagmite oxygen-isotopic time series from Shigao Cave reveals the evolution of summer monsoon precipitation over the past 9.9 ka BP in northern Guizhou Province, Southwest China. The 18O-inferred climate conditions are divisible into three distinct stages: (1) a maximum humid era from 9.9-6.6 ka BP; (2) a gradual declining precipitation interval between 6.6-1.6 ka BP; and (3) a relatively low precipitation time window after 1.6 ka BP. Consistency of contemporaneous stalagmite Holocene 18O records between Shigao and other caves in the Indian and East Asian monsoon realms support the effect of primary orbital solar forcings on monsoonal precipitation. However, statistical analysis shows a significant spatial asynchroneity of the Holocene Optimum termination in the Asian monsoon territory. The Holocene Optimum ended at 7.2-7.4 ka BP in Oman, located in the Indian monsoon region, and at 5.6-5.8 ka BP in Central China, in the East Asian monsoon zone. In Southwest China, the termination occurred between these periods, at 6.6-7.0 ka BP, and was influenced by both monsoon systems. We propose that this spatially asynchronous ending of Holocene Optimum in Asia may be attributed to sea surface temperature changes in the western tropical Pacific, which is a primary moisture source for the East Asian monsoon.展开更多
基金funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0603401)National Natural Science Foundation of China (41372192)+2 种基金Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shaanxi Province, ChinaYouth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of SciencesWest Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Recently,Wu et al.[1]suggested an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the eastern Tibetan Plateau at 1920BCE(3870 a BP,BP denotes year before 1950 CE)caused the Great Flood in the middle-lower Yellow River reaches,and resulted in the founding of Xia Dynasty at 3850 a BP.This age is$150–300younger than the previously estimated age of the Xia Dynasty[2].While the geological evidence of the outburst flood。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41002061 and 40771009)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2010J05093)NSC grants (NSC 99-2611-M-002 -006, 99-2628-M-002-012 to C.-C. S.)
文摘An absolute-dated, bi-decadal-resolution, stalagmite oxygen-isotopic time series from Shigao Cave reveals the evolution of summer monsoon precipitation over the past 9.9 ka BP in northern Guizhou Province, Southwest China. The 18O-inferred climate conditions are divisible into three distinct stages: (1) a maximum humid era from 9.9-6.6 ka BP; (2) a gradual declining precipitation interval between 6.6-1.6 ka BP; and (3) a relatively low precipitation time window after 1.6 ka BP. Consistency of contemporaneous stalagmite Holocene 18O records between Shigao and other caves in the Indian and East Asian monsoon realms support the effect of primary orbital solar forcings on monsoonal precipitation. However, statistical analysis shows a significant spatial asynchroneity of the Holocene Optimum termination in the Asian monsoon territory. The Holocene Optimum ended at 7.2-7.4 ka BP in Oman, located in the Indian monsoon region, and at 5.6-5.8 ka BP in Central China, in the East Asian monsoon zone. In Southwest China, the termination occurred between these periods, at 6.6-7.0 ka BP, and was influenced by both monsoon systems. We propose that this spatially asynchronous ending of Holocene Optimum in Asia may be attributed to sea surface temperature changes in the western tropical Pacific, which is a primary moisture source for the East Asian monsoon.
