Climate change at orbital scale in Songnen Plain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene

REN Bingzhang; HOU Hongxing; SUI Yu; WANG Zhixiang; CAO Mengmeng; ZHAN Zedong; SHI Lingfeng; XI Guangyue; SHAO Xingkun; LI Liyang; LI Junhua

doi:10.12097/gbc.2023.07.004

2025 Vol. 44, No. 2~3

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REN Bingzhang, HOU Hongxing, SUI Yu, WANG Zhixiang, CAO Mengmeng, ZHAN Zedong, SHI Lingfeng, XI Guangyue, SHAO Xingkun, LI Liyang, LI Junhua. 2025. Climate change at orbital scale in Songnen Plain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Geological Bulletin of China, 44(2~3): 392-403. doi: 10.12097/gbc.2023.07.004

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REN Bingzhang, HOU Hongxing, SUI Yu, WANG Zhixiang, CAO Mengmeng, ZHAN Zedong, SHI Lingfeng, XI Guangyue, SHAO Xingkun, LI Liyang, LI Junhua. 2025. Climate change at orbital scale in Songnen Plain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Geological Bulletin of China, 44(2~3): 392-403. doi: 10.12097/gbc.2023.07.004

Climate change at orbital scale in Songnen Plain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene

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Langfang Natural Resources Comprehensive Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Langfang 065000, Hebei, China
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School of Resources and Environmental Science and Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437000, Hubei, China
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Key Laboratory of Salt Lake Geology and Environment/Qinghai Institute of Salt Lake Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China
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School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

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Corresponding author: HOU Hongxing, wjhjhhx@163.com

Received Date: 03 July 2023

Revised Date: 06 December 2023

Publish Date: 15 March 2025

Abstract

Abstract

Objective
The Songnen Plain, located at the edge of the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM), is an important region for studying the variability of the hydrological cycle recorded by Pleistocene lacustrine sediments on orbital timescales. Investigating these variations helps to understand the evolution of the water cycle and ancient lake productivity in the lacustrine records of Northeast China.
Methods
This study applied Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating to samples from borehole BQZK05, obtained from the Ground Substrate Survey in the Songnen Plain, to acquire sedimentary records from approximately 1025 ka. The ESR age data were processed using the Bayesian age−depth model, and spectral analysis was performed on Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Gamma Ray (GR) data to identify periodic signals.
Results
The results from the ESR Bayesian age−depth model show that TOC exhibits significant cycles of approximately 173 kyr and 100 kyr. The Gamma Ray (GR) data from 870～40 ka reveal a dominant ~173 kyr cycle. The ~100 kyr cycle observed in TOC suggests that high−latitude ice volume significantly influences vegetation content and lake biological productivity in the Songnen Plain.
Conclusions
Changes in high−latitude ice volume and low−latitude solar radiation have jointly driven climate change in the Songnen Plain during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. The prominent ~173 kyr cycle observed in both TOC and GR data sequences indicates that this cycle played an important role in organic carbon burial.
- Songnen Plain /
- Ground Substrate Survey /
- Orbital period /
- Pleistocene /
- East Asian Summer Monsoon

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