QUANTITATIVE PALEOTEMPERERATURE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU: A REVIEW

JI Shunchuan; PENG Tingjiang; NIE Junsheng; PENG Wenbin

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2013.03151

2013 Vol. 33, No. 3

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JI Shunchuan, PENG Tingjiang, NIE Junsheng, PENG Wenbin. QUANTITATIVE PALEOTEMPERERATURE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU: A REVIEW[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2013, 33(3): 151-158. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2013.03151

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JI Shunchuan, PENG Tingjiang, NIE Junsheng, PENG Wenbin. QUANTITATIVE PALEOTEMPERERATURE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU: A REVIEW[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2013, 33(3): 151-158. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2013.03151

QUANTITATIVE PALEOTEMPERERATURE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU: A REVIEW

Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000

Received Date: 20 June 2012

Revised Date: 20 September 2012

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Abstract

The continuous late Miocene-Pliocene red-clay sequence and the Quaternary loess sequence on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) have provided valuable information for the study of Asian paleoclimate history. Although numerous climatic proxies have been applied to Chinese loess, few are able to reflect paleotemperature history of the CLP. Here we reviewed the theory of two novel paleotemperature proxies (MBT/CBT, and "clumped isotope") and their application to the CLP to further understand the temperature history of the CLP. Applying these two proxies to the same materials will be able to further test their validity in reflecting temperature history on the CLP and is the natural step in future paleoclimate studies.
- paleotemperature /
- MBT/CBT /
- clumped isotope /
- quantitative restruction /
- Chinese loess plateau

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