TY - JOUR
T1 - Reappraisal of Chinese loess plateau stratigraphic sequences over the last 30,000 years
T2 - Precursors of an important Holocene monsoon climatic event
AU - Zhou, Weijian
AU - An, Zhisheng
AU - Jull, A. J.T.
AU - Donahue, D. J.
AU - Head, M. J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Through the establishment of radiocarbon chronozones relating common geological events within lacustrine and eolian sediments from five profiles representative of loess yuan (tablelands), river valley and northwest margin features of the Loess Plateau, we propose a series of stratigraphic divisions within the last 30 ka. The focus of this detailed study involves stratigraphic relationships contributing to evidence of Younger Dryas events, with the recognition of cold-dry, cool-wet and cold-dry periods represented within the Heiheze silt, Midiwan peat and Liushuwan eolian sand. The stratigraphic profiles reflect century-scale fluctuations of the East Asian monsoons. The precursor events enable us to place the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary at 10,000 BP.
AB - Through the establishment of radiocarbon chronozones relating common geological events within lacustrine and eolian sediments from five profiles representative of loess yuan (tablelands), river valley and northwest margin features of the Loess Plateau, we propose a series of stratigraphic divisions within the last 30 ka. The focus of this detailed study involves stratigraphic relationships contributing to evidence of Younger Dryas events, with the recognition of cold-dry, cool-wet and cold-dry periods represented within the Heiheze silt, Midiwan peat and Liushuwan eolian sand. The stratigraphic profiles reflect century-scale fluctuations of the East Asian monsoons. The precursor events enable us to place the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary at 10,000 BP.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0033822200018877
DO - 10.1017/s0033822200018877
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032462747
SN - 0033-8222
VL - 40
SP - 905
EP - 913
JO - Radiocarbon
JF - Radiocarbon
IS - 2
ER -