Diverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

The mid-Pleistocene transition is recognized as a shift in paleoclimatic periodicity from 41- to 100-kyr cycles. Here the authors present a unique mid-Pleistocene transition of coupled monsoon-vegetation changes from 23- to 100-kyr cycles, which indicates varied sensitivity of past climate to astron...

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Main Authors: Youbin Sun, Qiuzhen Yin, Michel Crucifix, Steven C. Clemens, Pablo Araya-Melo, Weiguo Liu, Xiaoke Qiang, Qingsong Liu, Hui Zhao, Lianji Liang, Hongyun Chen, Ying Li, Li Zhang, Guocheng Dong, Ming Li, Weijian Zhou, Andre Berger, Zhisheng An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08257-9
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Summary:The mid-Pleistocene transition is recognized as a shift in paleoclimatic periodicity from 41- to 100-kyr cycles. Here the authors present a unique mid-Pleistocene transition of coupled monsoon-vegetation changes from 23- to 100-kyr cycles, which indicates varied sensitivity of past climate to astronomical and ice/CO2 forcing.
ISSN:2041-1723