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Precipitation in the Yellow River drainage basin and East Asian monsoon strength on a decadal time scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2012

Xin Zhou ,
Liguang Sun ,
Wen Huang ,
Wenhan Cheng  and
Nan Jia
Xin Zhou
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment and School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
Liguang Sun*
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment and School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
Wen Huang
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment and School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University NCSU Campus Box 7614, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Wenhan Cheng
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment and School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
Nan Jia
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment and School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
*
⁎Corresponding author. Fax: +86 551 3607 583. Email Address:[email protected]
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Abstract

Paleomonsoon strength is difficult to reconstruct. The strength of the East Asian monsoon and precipitation over large areas correlate well on a decadal time scale. Thus, monsoon strength can be reconstructed through proxies of sediments originating from large areas. In the present study, we investigated the characteristics of a sediment core from the Northern Yellow Sea Mud. The results showed that sedimentary characteristics are mainly controlled by discharge changes of the Yellow River. The relationships between median grain size (MZ), magnetic susceptibility (MS) and the SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of sediments and spatially averaged precipitation around the Yellow River Drainage basin reveal that changes in MZ and MS are correlated with variation in precipitation. The agreement of temporal trends in MZ, MS and the monsoon strength index confirm that spatially averaged precipitation changes in the Yellow River Drainage basin on decadal time scale are driven by the monsoon strength. These characteristics of marine sediments from the Northern Yellow Sea Mud can thus be used as proxies for monsoon strength.

Keywords

Northern Yellow Sea MudMedian grain sizeMagnetic susceptibilityMonsoon strength
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Quaternary Research , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , November 2012 , pp. 486 - 491
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University of Washington

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1 These authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

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