Loess deposits in the low latitudes of East Asia reveal the ~20-kyr precipitation cycle

Abstract The cycle of precipitation change is key to understanding the driving mechanism of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM). However, the dominant cycles of EASM precipitation revealed by different proxy indicators are inconsistent, leading to the “Chinese 100 kyr problem”. In this study, we ex...

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Main Authors: Xusheng Li, Yuwen Zhou, Zhiyong Han, Xiaokang Yuan, Shuangwen Yi, Yuqiang Zeng, Lisha Qin, Ming Lu, Huayu Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45379-9