Global cooling and enhanced Eocene Asian mid-latitude interior aridity

J. X. Li, L. P. Yue, A. P. Roberts, A. M. Hirt, F. Pan, Lin Guo, Y. Xu, R. G. Xi, Lei Guo, X. K. Qiang, C. C. Gai, Z. X. Jiang, Z. M. Sun and Q. S. Liu ()
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J. X. Li: China Geological Survey
L. P. Yue: Northwest University
A. P. Roberts: Australian National University
A. M. Hirt: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
F. Pan: China Geological Survey
Lin Guo: China Geological Survey
Y. Xu: China Geological Survey
R. G. Xi: China Geological Survey
Lei Guo: China Geological Survey
X. K. Qiang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. C. Gai: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Z. X. Jiang: Australian National University
Z. M. Sun: Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Q. S. Liu: Southern University of Science and Technology

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Tibetan Plateau uplift has been suggested as the main driving force for mid-latitude Asian inland aridity (AIA) and for deposition of thick aeolian sequences in northern China since the Miocene. However, the relationship between earlier AIA and Tibetan Plateau mountain building is uncertain because of a lack of corresponding thick aeolian sequences with accurate age constraints. We here present results for a continuous aeolian sequence that spans the interval from >51 to 39 Ma from the eastern Xorkol Basin, Altun Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. The basal age of the studied sequence postdates initial uplift of the Tibetan Plateau by several million years. Our results indicate that the local palaeoclimate was teleconnected strongly to the overall global cooling pattern, so that local enhanced aridification recorded by the studied aeolian sequence is dominantly a response to global climatic forcing rather than plateau uplift.

Date: 2018
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