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Environmental and Climatic Change as Recorded in Geological Sediments from the Arid to Semi-Arid Zone of China

dc.contributor.authorZhou, Weijian
dc.contributor.authorZhengkun, Wu
dc.contributor.authorJull, A. J. T.
dc.contributor.authorBurr, G.
dc.contributor.authorDonahue, D. D.
dc.contributor.authorBaosheng, Li
dc.contributor.authorHead, J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T21:32:17Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T21:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2001-01-01
dc.identifier.citationZhou, W., Zhengkun, W., Jull, A. J. T., Burr, G., Donahue, D. D., Baosheng, L., & Head, J. (2001). Environmental and climatic change as recorded in geological sediments from the arid to semi-arid zone of China. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 619-627.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200041278
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/654498
dc.descriptionFrom the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.
dc.description.abstractStratigraphic investigations together with climatic proxy data measurements and reliable radiocarbon dating show a history of fluctuations of dry and wet environmental conditions in the arid to semi-arid zone of northern China since the late Pleistocene. Based on these data, we are able to reconstruct shifts of the desert margin in two period extremes, the last glacial maximum (21-15 ka) and the Holocene Optimum (9-5 ka). We have compared the present desert margin with that for the two extremes. The results indicate that a southward shift of the present margin of about 3 degrees in latitude might be caused by anthropogenic impact. Hence the influence of human activity must be taken into consideration for sustainable development and environment protection. Future research will be to find a two-way feedback existing between climate and anthropogenic impacts.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
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dc.subjectprotection
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectarid environment
dc.subjectlithostratigraphy
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectfluctuations
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectsemi arid environment
dc.subjectterrestrial environment
dc.subjecthuman activity
dc.subjectHolocene
dc.subjectFar East
dc.subjectpaleoclimatology
dc.subjectPleistocene
dc.subjectupper Pleistocene
dc.subjectsediments
dc.subjectAsia
dc.subjectCenozoic
dc.subjectQuaternary
dc.subjectC 14
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectdates
dc.subjectisotopes
dc.subjectradioactive isotopes
dc.subjectabsolute age
dc.titleEnvironmental and Climatic Change as Recorded in Geological Sediments from the Arid to Semi-Arid Zone of China
dc.typeProceedings
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform February 2021
dc.source.volume43
dc.source.issue2B
dc.source.beginpage619
dc.source.endpage627
refterms.dateFOA2021-02-11T21:32:17Z


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