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

Zhisheng An; Steven M. Colman; Weijian Zhou; Xiaoqiang Li; Eric T. Brown; A. J.Timothy Jull; Yanjun Cai; Yongsong Huang; Xuefeng Lu; Hong Chang; Yougui Song; Youbin Sun; Hai Xu; Weiguo Liu; Zhangdong Jin; Xiaodong Liu; Peng Cheng; Yu Liu; Li Ai; Xiangzhong Li; Xiuju Liu; Libin Yan; Zhengguo Shi; Xulong Wang; Feng Wu; Xiaoke Qiang; Jibao Dong; Fengyan Lu; Xinwen Xu

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

Zhisheng An, Steven M. Colman, Weijian Zhou, Xiaoqiang Li, Eric T. Brown, A. J.Timothy Jull, Yanjun Cai, Yongsong Huang, Xuefeng Lu, Hong Chang, Yougui Song, Youbin Sun, Hai Xu, Weiguo Liu, Zhangdong Jin, Xiaodong Liu, Peng Cheng, Yu Liu, Li Ai, Xiangzhong LiXiuju Liu, Libin Yan, Zhengguo Shi, Xulong Wang, Feng Wu, Xiaoke Qiang, Jibao Dong, Fengyan Lu, Xinwen Xu

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Two atmospheric circulation systems, the mid-latitude Westerlies and the Asian summer monsoon (ASM), play key roles in northern-hemisphere climatic changes. However, the variability of the Westerlies in Asia and their relationship to the ASM remain unclear. Here, we present the longest and highest-resolution drill core from Lake Qinghai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP), which uniquely records the variability of both the Westerlies and the ASM since 32ĝ€...ka, reflecting the interplay of these two systems. These records document the anti-phase relationship of the Westerlies and the ASM for both glacial-interglacial and glacial millennial timescales. During the last glaciation, the influence of the Westerlies dominated; prominent dust-rich intervals, correlated with Heinrich events, reflect intensified Westerlies linked to northern high-latitude climate. During the Holocene, the dominant ASM circulation, punctuated by weak events, indicates linkages of the ASM to orbital forcing, North Atlantic abrupt events, and perhaps solar activity changes.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	619
Journal	Scientific reports
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00619
State	Published - 2012

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An, Z., Colman, S. M., Zhou, W., Li, X., Brown, E. T., Jull, A. J. T., Cai, Y., Huang, Y., Lu, X., Chang, H., Song, Y., Sun, Y., Xu, H., Liu, W., Jin, Z., Liu, X., Cheng, P., Liu, Y., Ai, L., ... Xu, X. (2012). Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka. Scientific reports, 2, Article 619. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00619

An, Z, Colman, SM, Zhou, W, Li, X, Brown, ET, Jull, AJT, Cai, Y, Huang, Y, Lu, X, Chang, H, Song, Y, Sun, Y, Xu, H, Liu, W, Jin, Z, Liu, X, Cheng, P, Liu, Y, Ai, L, Li, X, Liu, X, Yan, L, Shi, Z, Wang, X, Wu, F, Qiang, X, Dong, J, Lu, F & Xu, X 2012, 'Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka', Scientific reports, vol. 2, 619. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00619

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