Revisiting the Paleogene climate pattern of East Asia: A synthetic review

Quan, Cheng; Liu, Zhonghui; Utescher, Torsten; Jin, Jianhua; Shu, Junwu; Li, Yongxiang; Liu, Yusheng

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.09.005

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“…The stable declining trend of MPwet and MPwarm in the Primory'e record, beginning at ca. 40 Ma and persisting to the Aquitanian, coincides with cooling (see above) and the coeval drying trend reported from Chinese mid-latitude inland localities (Bosboom et al, 2014;Quan et al, 2014). For Primory'e, data indicate that from the Messinian on, the warmest month progressively became the wettest month.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…In Primory'e, a stable drying trend beginning in the Bartonian (MPwet) approximately coincides with persistent global cooling throughout the late Eocene, preceding the onset of large-scale Antarctic glaciation at the Eocene-Oligocene transition (Zachos et al, 2008), and with relatively dry climate conditions reported from Chinese inland localities of the mid-latitudes from the late Eocene on (Quan et al, 2014). In Primory'e, the drying trend culminated in the Aquitanian, when major loess deposits formed in the middle reaches of the Yellow River evidencing increased aridity of the continental interior.…”

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confidence: 98%

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The Cenozoic Cooling – continental signals from the Atlantic and Pacific side of Eurasia

Utescher

Bondarenko

Mosbrugger

2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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The Cenozoic Cooling – continental signals from the Atlantic and Pacific side of Eurasia

Utescher

Bondarenko

Mosbrugger

2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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“…This is supported by a shift from arid to wet condition throughout continental China recorded in pollen data (Sun & Wang, ) and peaks in physical erosion proxies, weathering indices, and sedimentation rates in the South China Sea (Clift et al, ). However, recent paleobotanical and sedimentological evidence (Quan et al, , ; Wang et al, ), geochemical data (Bougeois et al, ), and climatic models (Huber & Goldner, ; Licht et al, ) have argued for the existence of East Asian monsoon in the Eocene. Furthermore, several quantitative estimates of precipitation based on fossil leaves suggest increased precipitation seasonality in northeastern and southern China since the Middle Eocene (Quan et al, ; Spicer et al, ), indicating an intensification of monsoonal climate.…”

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East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau

Zhu

Meng

et al. 2019

Geophysical Research Letters

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The evolution of Cenozoic climate patterns in Asia has been linked to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), retreat of the Paratethys Sea, and global cooling. However, less attention has been placed on the latitudinal change of the TP. Here we report new climate modeling to explore how modern climate changes as a function of topographic growth and spatial migration of the TP. Our results show that the northward displacement of the uplifted proto‐TP within the subtropics can significantly affect the wind and precipitation pattern over East‐Central Asia. By compiling proxy‐based climatic records, paleolatitudinal and paleoelevational evolution models of the proto‐TP, and in comparison with previous modeling under a global paleogeography, we suggest that the northward migration of the proto‐TP in the Paleogene could have intensified the aridity in Central Asia, but its influence on East Asian precipitation and monsoonal circulation could be dependent on the paleogeography and other boundary conditions.

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“…These results imply that the Oligocene Sikouzi region was more likely dominated by a subtropical arid climate and exclude a monsoon climate during this time. Even though a monsoon-like climate might have been present in Eocene China (e.g., Huber and Goldner 2012;Quan et al 2012aQuan et al , 2014Wang et al 2013;Bougeois et al 2014;Licht et al 2014), it was not a dominant or permanent feature in Paleogene China (Zhang et al 2012;Licht et al 2014;Zhang and Guo 2014).…”

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“…More recent work suggested the late Oligocene to the early Miocene for the onset of the East Asian monsoon system (Wang 1984;Liu and Guo 1997;Guo et al 2002Guo et al , 2008Sun and Wang 2005;Ding 2008, 2010), which was based on the discovery of interbedded loess-paleosol horizons complemented by other regional paleoclimate proxies. More recently, a range of studies have suggested that a monsoon-like seasonal climate was prevalent over at least parts of China by the Eocene (Quan et al 2011(Quan et al , 2012a(Quan et al , 2012b(Quan et al , 2014Huber and Goldner 2012;Wang et al 2013;Bougeois et al 2014;Licht et al 2014).…”

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An Active East Asian Monsoon at the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary: Evidence from the Sikouzi Section, Northern China

Lin

Wyrwoll

Chen

et al. 2015

The Journal of Geology

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of Geology. A B S T R A C TThe East Asian monsoon forms a significant element of the global climatic system. We here present detailed sedimentologic investigations of the Oligocene to early Miocene succession in the Sikouzi section, northern China, to determine monsoon evolution during this time. The particle-size characteristics and grain surface structures, in combination with the large-scale cross-bedding arrangements, graded bedding laminations, and small-scale deformation structures, type the Oligocene red beds in association I as eolian, attributable to large dune forms. Rare earth element results imply that the Oligocene sediments are possibly sourced from a local provenance in the West Qinling Mountains, excluding a more regional wind system during this time. Packages of thick-bedded dark-red mudstone/ silty mudstone as well as subordinate medium-bedded pale-gray fine-to medium-grained sandstone and thin-bedded gypsum, with the massive mudstone/silty mudstone taking dominance, point to a lacustrine deposition with deeperlake phases taking dominance for the early Miocene association II. This significant transition in depositional environments, while possibly linked to local tectonic and/or global eustatic events, is more likely to reflect a shift of regional paleoclimates from arid to more humid regimes. We attribute the shift to the impact of an active East Asian summer monsoon. Our results, combined with those for previously well-defined loess in the early Miocene, demonstrate activity (onset or possibly intensification) of an East Asian monsoon system around the Oligocene-Miocene boundary.

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Revisiting the Paleogene climate pattern of East Asia: A synthetic review

Cited by 94 publications

References 121 publications

The Cenozoic Cooling – continental signals from the Atlantic and Pacific side of Eurasia

The Cenozoic Cooling – continental signals from the Atlantic and Pacific side of Eurasia

East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau

An Active East Asian Monsoon at the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary: Evidence from the Sikouzi Section, Northern China

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