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Humidification of Central Asia and equatorward shifts of westerly winds since the late Pliocene

Authors :
Yi Zhong
Xuefa Shi
Hu Yang
David J. Wilson
James R. Hein
Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr
Zhengyao Lu
Peter D. Clift
Qing Yan
Gerrit Lohmann
Jiabo Liu
Francisco Javier González
Xiaodong Jiang
Zhaoxia Jiang
Qingsong Liu
Source :
Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

A shift in Central Asian dust supply with a reduced dominance of the Gobi Desert occurred during Pliocene global cooling, according to a combination of multi-proxy records from a Pacific ferromanganese crust and climate simulations.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26624435
Volume :
3
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Earth & Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.27c879ad412b4ebf92e61e6c6fe0509e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00604-5