noaa-loess-21230 Chinese Loess Plateau 360KYr Leaf Wax Isotope Data and Temperature Reconstruction Thomas, E.K.; Clemens, S.C.; Sun, Y.; Prell, W.L.; Huang, Y.; Gao, L.; Loomis, S.E.; Chen, G.; Liu, Z. Chinese Loess Plateau 360KYr Leaf Wax Isotope Data and Temperature Reconstruction 2017-01-04 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21230 Investigator E.K. Thomas Investigator S.C. Clemens Investigator Y. Sun Investigator W.L. Prell Investigator Y. Huang Investigator L. Gao Investigator S.E. Loomis Investigator G. Chen Investigator Z. 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Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA online ASCII Elizabeth K. Thomas, Steven C. Clemens, Youbin Sun, Warren L. Prell, Yongsong Huang, Li Gao, Shannon Loomis, Guangshan Chen, Zhengyu Liu 2016 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 455 196-206 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.044 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X16305246 Elizabeth K. Thomas, Steven C. Clemens, Youbin Sun, Yongsong Huang, Warren Prell, Guangshan Chen, Zhengyu Liu, Shannon Loomis 2017 Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2016GL071882 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL071882/full

For the past decade, East Asian monsoon history has been interpreted in the context of an exceptionally well-dated, high-resolution composite record of speleothem oxygen isotopes (d18Ocave) from the Yangtze River Valley. This record is characterized by a unique spectral response, with variance concentrated predominantly within the precession band and an enigmatic lack of variance at the eccentricity and obliquity bands. Here we examine the spectral characteristics of all existing >250-kyr-long terrestrial water isotope records in Asia, including a new water isotope record using leaf wax hydrogen isotope ratios from the Chinese Loess Plateau. There exist profound differences in spectral characteristics among all orbital-scale Asian water isotope records. We demonstrate that these differences result from latitudinal gradients in the influence of the winter and summer monsoons, both of which impact climate and water isotopes throughout East Asia. Water isotope records therefore do not reflect precipitation during a single season or from a single circulation system. Rather, water isotope records in East Asia reflect the complex interplay of oceanic and continental moisture sources, operating at multiple Earth-orbital periods. These non-linear interactions are reflected in water isotope spectra by the presence of heterodynes. Although complex, we submit that water isotope records, when paired with rapidly developing isotope-enabled model simulations, will have the potential to elucidate mechanisms causing seasonal precipitation variability and moisture source variability in East Asia. STUDY NOTES: Leaf wax isotope (d13C and d2H) and physical properties (grain size, magnetic susceptibility) data from Weinan and Lantian, Chinese Loess Plateau, plus leaf wax-based temperature reconstruction for the past 360,000 years.

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