Characteristics of weathering of the loess-paleosol sequences in the Late Glacial Period to Middle Holocene in Linfen Basin and implication for climatic significance

SHI Tianyu; ZHANG Yangyang; ZHAI Qiumin; LI Hongbin; LIU Chang; ZHOU Xuewen; CHEN Peng; CHEN Liang

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022070501

Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology > 2023 > 43(2): 181-191. > DOI: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022070501

SHI Tianyu，ZHANG Yangyang，ZHAI Qiumin，et al. Characteristics of weathering of the loess-paleosol sequences in the Late Glacial Period to Middle Holocene in Linfen Basin and implication for climatic significance[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology，2023，43(2)：181-191. DOI: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022070501

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Characteristics of weathering of the loess-paleosol sequences in the Late Glacial Period to Middle Holocene in Linfen Basin and implication for climatic significance

SHI Tianyu^1,2,,
ZHANG Yangyang^1,2,
ZHAI Qiumin^1,2, ,,
LI Hongbin^1,2,
LIU Chang^1,2,
ZHOU Xuewen^1,2,
CHEN Peng^1,2,
CHEN Liang^1,2

1.
College of Geography and Environment, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004,China
2.
The Key Laboratory of Earth System Observation and Simulation of Henan Province, Kaifeng 475004,China

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Received Date: July 04, 2022
Revised Date: August 17, 2022
Accepted Date: August 17, 2022
Available Online: November 17, 2022

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Exploring the climate and environmental changes and the driving mechanisms during the Late Glacial and Holocene in the northern China is vital to predicting the possible scenarios of future climate change. Based on the loess-paleosol profile of Linfen Basin in the southeastern margin of the Loess Plateau, we analyzed three AMS¹⁴C dates, grain size, magnetic susceptibility, soil organic carbon, and geochemical elements, and reconstructed the climate change history of Linfen Basin from the Late Glacial Period to the middle and late Holocene. Results show that the loess and paleosol of the Songcungou section are in the early and middle chemical weathering stages, respectively. The chemical weathering intensity of aeolian deposits in different areas was obviously different, which is mainly controlled by regional variation of the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) intensity. Comprehensive analysis of multiple indicators shows that climate evolution of the Linfen Basin has experienced four stages since the Late Glacial Period. (Ⅰ) In the Late Glacial Period, the East Asian Winter Monsoon (EAWM) was strong, and the climate was dry and cold. (Ⅱ) In the early Holocene, EASM was intensified and the climate became warm and humid. (Ⅲ) In the early Middle Holocene, EASM reached its peak, and the climate was warmest and wettest. (Ⅳ) In the late Middle Holocene, EASM weakened and the climate turned dry and cold again. The climate change in the Linfen Basin was mainly controlled by the changes of solar radiation intensity and ice volume in the Northern Hemisphere.
- loess,
- Late Glacial Period,
- Holocene,
- East Asian monsoon,
- climate change

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Characteristics of weathering of the loess-paleosol sequences in the Late Glacial Period to Middle Holocene in Linfen Basin and implication for climatic significance