Holocene East Asian monsoonal precipitation pattern revealed by grain-size distribution of core sediments of Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia of north-central China

Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force

“…This region is also one of the most important cradles of Chinese civilization, and various cultures flourished here during the Neolithic Age (Zhang, 2006 and references therein). Because of the important geographical location and cultural status, a lot of palaeoclimate studies were done here, including loess (e.g., An et al, 1991;Liu and Ding, 1998), lake sediment (e.g., Xiao et al, 2004;Peng et al, 2005), stalagmite (e.g., Tan et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2008), tree ring (e.g., Hughes et al, 1994;Liu et al, 1996), and historical document (e.g., Yan et al, 1993;Tan et al, 2008). However, centennial-to decadal-scale climate variability in north central China during the last two millennia is far from being fully understood.…”

Hydrodynamic process of Tibetan Plateau lake revealed by grain size: Case study of Pumayum Co

“…It is widely accepted that coarser sediments indicate a lower lake level and drier climate, and finer sediments a higher lake level and wetter climate. However, other studies found a positive relation between grain size and precipitation [13][14][15][16]. In a glacier-fed lake, grain size may indicate temperature indirectly.…”

Primary study on the environmental significances of grain-size changes of the Lake Bosten sediments

“…位变化的指标, 粒度越粗, 水位越低 [7][8][9][10][11] , 而对于水位变化也有相反的解释, 即粒度小指示湖泊水位 低或气候干旱 [12][13] ; 三是将粒度作为降水量或来水量的指标, 来水量越大, 沉积物的颗粒越粗 [14][15][16] ;…”

“…位于半干旱-半湿润区的岱海沉积物粒度记录了小冰期发生的尘(沙)暴事件 [3] ; 但对岱海沉积物粒 度新的研究表明, 粒度中粉沙的含量以及中值粒径的大小指示季风降水强度 [16] . 位于干旱区柴达木盆地 的苏干湖粒度粗颗粒含量可能也记录了区域的粉尘事件 [4] .…”