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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Vegetation, climate, and sea level in the past 55,000 years, Hanjiang Delta, Southeastern China |
Author: | Zheng, Z. Li, Q. |
Citation: | Quaternary Research, 2000; 53(3):330-340 |
Publisher: | Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
ISSN: | 0033-5894 1096-0287 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Zheng, Zhuo; Li, Qianyu |
Abstract: | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Pollen in Quaternary deposits from the subtropical Hanjiang Delta records three major phases in the local vegetation and climate history during the last 55,000 yr: (1) a prevalent cool-to-temperate and humid climate at ca. 24,000 <jats:sup>14</jats:sup>C yr B.P. is indicated by abundant pollen of temperate trees including conifers; (2) between 20,000 and 15,000 <jats:sup>14</jats:sup>C yr B.P., a cold, dry environment was associated with low sea level during the last glaciation, leading to subaerial exposure, weathering, and interruption of sedimentation, as well as departure from the region of <jats:italic>Dacrydium</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Sonneratia;</jats:italic> (3) a short-term expansion of grassland at ca. 10,300 <jats:sup>14</jats:sup>C yr B.P. reduced the predominant Lauraceae-Fagaceae evergreen forest, possibly corresponding to the Younger Dryas cooling. The combined data indicate a maximum sea-level rise in the mid-Holocene (7500–4000 <jats:sup>14</jats:sup>C yr B.P.) and a marine influence in the late Pleistocene at 45,000–20,000 <jats:sup>14</jats:sup>C yr B.P. The Holocene warming, however, did not bring back moisture-sensitive taxa, indicating high seasonal aridity probably caused by renewed monsoon conditions.</jats:p> |
DOI: | 10.1006/qres.1999.2126 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1999.2126 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Geology & Geophysics publications |
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