Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of the lower Yellow River in eastern North China: Constraints on the age of the Sanmen Gorge connection

Wang, Zhixiang; Mao, Yongdong; Geng, Jianghui; Huang, Chunju; Ogg, James G.; Kemp, David B.; Zhang, Ze; Pang, Zhibin; Zhang, Rui

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103835

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“…Previous studies conducted on the Huangdigou section have shown that the Fenwei Basin has been tectonically stable since the Pliocene, and that sediment provenance has been steady over the study interval with a dominant source from the North China Craton (Chen et al., 2021; Z. X. Wang et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2021). Our high‐resolution Rb/Sr record reflects lake level (lacustrine expansions and contractions) and are thus interpreted to reflect regional climatic changes in the absence of strong tectonic or geomorphic control(s) on lake evolution.…”

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East Asian Monsoonal Climate Sensitivity Changed in the Late Pliocene in Response to Northern Hemisphere Glaciations

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East Asian Monsoonal Climate Sensitivity Changed in the Late Pliocene in Response to Northern Hemisphere Glaciations

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Geophysical Research Letters

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“…Because the Xinding Basin began to form in the late Miocene and experienced continuous subsidence during the Pliocene (Clinkscales et al, 2020;Su et al, 2021;Xu et al, 1993), we infer that there are likely no large depositional gaps over the studied Pliocene part of the YZ01 core. Indeed, previous analysis of the GR data by Wang (Wang et al, 2022) with the gamma ray (GR) and magnetic susceptibility (MS) data also shown. Photos A through H are typical lithologies of the YZ01 core at the horizons indicated on the lithologic column.…”

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“…This transitions into the upper part of charcoal‐bearing siltstones and mudstones interbedded with fine‐grained mudstone, interpreted as lacustrine sediments to peat deposits (Wang et al., 2022; Figure 2). The depositional age of these rocks was previously dated using a combination of magnetostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic analysis (Wang et al., 2022; Figure 2). In this study, the magnetic susceptibility (MS; the volume susceptibility) of core samples in the interval 342–157 m was measured at a ∼5 cm sampling resolution using a Bartington MS3 Magnetic Susceptibility System.…”

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Links Between Orbital Forcing, Antarctic Ice Volume, and the East Asian Hydrological Cycle Over the Pliocene

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Revealing the evolution of monsoonal intensity through the Pliocene on orbital timescales is of potential utility for providing insights into the response of Asian monsoons to future high pCO2 scenarios. Here, we report a continuous Pliocene cyclostratigraphic record from lake deposits of the Xinding Basin, Shanxi Graben, North China, and reconstruct the regional hydrological cycle from this location during ∼5.2 to 2.56 Ma. Our results show that regional hydrological cycling was consistently dominated by long‐and short‐eccentricity (405‐and 100‐kyr) forcing over the Pliocene. Gamma‐ray (GR) data (reflecting hydrodynamic changes) show strengthened 100‐kyr eccentricity power after ∼3.5 Ma, whereas 100‐kyr eccentricity power preserved in magnetic susceptibility (MS; interpreted as a proxy of pedogenesis and magnetic mineral dissolution) slightly weakened after ∼3.5 Ma. This orbital power transition at the 100‐kyr eccentricity scale may link to expansion of Antarctic ice volume after ∼3.5 Ma, which enhanced East Asian summer monsoon intensity and thus increased summer rainfall in North China, resulting in changes to hydrological cycling and the expression of eccentricity climate forcing in East Asian basins. In addition, our results demonstrate that the orbital configuration at ∼4.2–4.4 Ma could have been a contributory factor in strengthening the intensity of the East Asian summer monsoon at this time.

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“…High GR values are generally attributed to clay‐rich sediments, whereas lower GR values are associated with coarser‐grained sediments (e.g., Vaucher et al., 2023; Wang et al., 2022). Provenance changes, sediment supply, chemical weathering and wind strength have significant effects on GR data (e.g., Schnyder et al., 2006; Vaucher et al., 2023; Wang et al., 2022). In general, eolian deposits in the ZK01 core are associated with higher GR values, and sandstone with lower values (<40 API within the 360–385 m; Figure 2g).…”

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Astronomical Forcing on Loess Deposition in the Junggar Basin Since the Late Pliocene

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Geophysical Research Letters

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Deciphering dust outbreak frequency in inland Asia during the late Cenozoic is important for predicting future hydroclimate in the arid parts of China. Here, we present an eolian sedimentary sequence in the southern Junggar Basin over the past 3.5 Ma, Northwestern China. Our data provide a minimum age of 3.5 Ma for the Gurbantunggut Desert. Rb/Sr ratios exhibit prominent 405 Kyr eccentricity cycles throughout our record with weak expression 41 Kyr cycles. We interpret this cyclicity as resulting from a strong impact of the global carbon cycle on western China hydroclimate. By contrast, gamma‐ray intensity data displays significant 100‐ and 41‐Kyr cycles after 2.8 Ma, suggesting important variations of the input of westerly derived dust. Our results demonstrate that Westerly derived moisture supply and dust input into inland Asia respond differently to orbital forcing; they suggest that moisture supply and dust transport by the Westerlies are controlled by different drivers since 3.5 Ma.

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Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of the lower Yellow River in eastern North China: Constraints on the age of the Sanmen Gorge connection

Cited by 14 publications

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East Asian Monsoonal Climate Sensitivity Changed in the Late Pliocene in Response to Northern Hemisphere Glaciations

East Asian Monsoonal Climate Sensitivity Changed in the Late Pliocene in Response to Northern Hemisphere Glaciations

Links Between Orbital Forcing, Antarctic Ice Volume, and the East Asian Hydrological Cycle Over the Pliocene

Astronomical Forcing on Loess Deposition in the Junggar Basin Since the Late Pliocene

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