Late Miocene-Pliocene Asian monsoon intensification linked to Antarctic ice-sheet growth | |
Ao, Hong1; Roberts, Andrew P.2; Dekkers, Mark J.3; Liu, Xiaodong1; Rohling, Eelco J.2,4; Shi, Zhengguo1; An, Zhisheng1; Zhao, Xiang2 | |
2016-06-15 | |
Source Publication | EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
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Volume | 444Issue:2016Pages:75-87 |
Subtype | Article |
Abstract | Environmental conditions in one of Earth's most densely populated regions, East Asia, are dominated by the monsoon. While Quaternary monsoon variability is reasonably well understood, pre-Quaternary monsoon variability and dynamics remain enigmatic. In particular, little is known about potential relationships between northern hemispheric monsoon response and major Cenozoic changes in Antarctic ice cover. Here we document long-term East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) intensification through the Late Miocene-Pliocene (similar to 8.2 to 2.6 Ma), and attribute this to progressive Antarctic glaciation. Our new high-resolution magnetic records of long-term EASM intensification come from the Late Miocene-Pliocene Red Clay sequence on the Chinese Loess Plateau; we identify underlying mechanisms using a numerical climate-model simulation of EASM response to an idealized stepwise increase in Antarctic ice volume. We infer that progressive Antarctic glaciation caused intensification of the cross-equatorial pressure gradient between an atmospheric high-pressure cell over Australia and a low-pressure cell over mid-latitude East Asia, as well as intensification of the cross-equatorial sea-surface temperature (SST) gradient. These combined atmospheric and oceanic adjustments led to EASM intensification. Our findings offer a new and more global perspective on the controls behind long-term Asian monsoon evolution. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Keyword | Environmental Magnetism East Asian Monsoon Chinese Loess Plateau Red Clay Late Miocene-pliocene Antarctic Glaciation |
WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
DOI | 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.028 |
WOS Keyword | CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU ; REVERSAL CURVE DIAGRAMS ; LATE CENOZOIC UPLIFT ; RED-CLAY SEQUENCE ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY ; PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE ; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM ; EOLIAN SEDIMENTS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Research Area | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
WOS Subject | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
WOS ID | WOS:000375818800008 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/5783 |
Collection | 古环境研究室 |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 2.Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Earth Sci, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 3.Univ Utrecht, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Paleomagnet Lab Ft Hoofddijk, Budapestlaan 17, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands 4.Univ Southampton, Natl Oceanog Ctr, Ocean & Earth Sci, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Ao, Hong,Roberts, Andrew P.,Dekkers, Mark J.,et al. Late Miocene-Pliocene Asian monsoon intensification linked to Antarctic ice-sheet growth[J]. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,2016,444(2016):75-87. |
APA | Ao, Hong.,Roberts, Andrew P..,Dekkers, Mark J..,Liu, Xiaodong.,Rohling, Eelco J..,...&Zhao, Xiang.(2016).Late Miocene-Pliocene Asian monsoon intensification linked to Antarctic ice-sheet growth.EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,444(2016),75-87. |
MLA | Ao, Hong,et al."Late Miocene-Pliocene Asian monsoon intensification linked to Antarctic ice-sheet growth".EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 444.2016(2016):75-87. |
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