High-resolution summer precipitation variations in the western Chinese Loess Plateau during the last glacial

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 2785
• Main Authors: Rao, Zhiguo, Chen, Fahu, Cheng, Hai, Liu, Weiguo, Wang, Guo'an, Lai, Zhongping, Bloemendal, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.09.2013; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/35; 704/106/413; 704/106/47; 704/106/694; Atmospheric circulation; Humanities and Social Sciences; Isotopes; Monsoons; multidisciplinary; Precipitation; Science; Wind; East Asia; Loess Plateau

We present a summer precipitation reconstruction for the last glacial (LG) on the western edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) using a well-dated organic carbon isotopic dataset together with an independent modern process study results. Our results demonstrate that summer precipitation variations...