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Variation of Rb/Sr Ratios in the Loess-Paleosol Sequences of Central China during the Last 130,000 Years and Their Implications for Monsoon Paleoclimatology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jun Chen ,
Zhisheng An  and
John Head
Jun Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 China
Zhisheng An
Affiliation:
Xian State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Xian 710054 China
John Head
Affiliation:
Xian State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Xian 710054 China
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Abstract

Rb, Sr, and magnetic susceptibility have been measured in the last interglacial–glacial loess profiles at Luochuan and Huanxian, central China. A high degree of similarity between the parameters in both profiles suggests that variations of Rb/Sr ratios in the sequence can be regarded as an indicator of East Asian summer monsoon strength. Matching the Rb/Sr record with the SPECMAP δ18O curve suggests that the Rb/Sr ratio responds sensitively to changes of the East Asian monsoon induced by global ice-volume variation.

Keywords

Rb/Sr ratiosloesspaleosolsLoess PlateauChina East Asian monsoon
Type
Original Articles
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , May 1999 , pp. 215 - 219
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University of Washington

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