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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2008, Vol. 28 Issue (4): 648-656    DOI:
古气候与环境演变     
Holocene Climatic Instability Recorded by a Lake Sediment Section in Northeast Xinjiang, China
XUE Ji-bin1, ZHONG Wei1,2,3, ZHAO Yin-juan1, PENG Xiao-ying1
1.School of Geography Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; 2.Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology(Xinjiang University), Ministry of Education, Urumqi 830046, China; 3.Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems under Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract  Based on the analyses of the chronology, grain size, TOC, susceptibility and CaCO3 from a sediment section in Barkol Lake, northeast Xinjiang, and combining with the previous studies, the dead carbon effect was confirmed at ca 750 a in Barkol Lake. Study results indicated that Holocene climate in northeast Xinjiang of China has been alternating between cold (or cool) /wet and warm/dry conditions, and was punctuated with a series of abrupt climate shifts. Abrupt climate shifts revealed by all proxies occurred at ca 1.3, 3.0, 4.3, 5.6, 8.0, 8.6 cal ka BP, which can correlate well both to the abrupt shifts recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean (NAO) and the GISP2 oxygen isotope record. The correlation indicates that the climatic changes in the extreme arid NW China were associated with the NAO, probably via the North Atlantic Oscillation-affected westerly winds. The strength and position of westerly winds probably modulate the Siberian-Mongolian high-pressure system (winter monsoon), and directly influence the climate in China. Moreover, an evident Middle Holocene drought interval is also revealed by all proxies, and the so-called mid-Holocene Climatic Optimum in China needs further study.
Key words:  Barkol Lake      Holocene      abrupt climate shifts      middle Holocene      dry climate     
Received:  25 June 2007      Published:  20 July 2008
ZTFLH:  P532  

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XUE Ji-bin;ZHONG Wei;;ZHAO Yin-juan;PENG Xiao-ying. Holocene Climatic Instability Recorded by a Lake Sediment Section in Northeast Xinjiang, China. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2008, 28(4): 648-656.

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