亚洲季风气候边缘区毛乌素沙地南部晚第四纪降水定量重建初探(英文)

We present the first quantitative estimation of monsoon precipitation during the late glacial–Holocene in the sandy land of northern China, based on organic carbon isotopic composition data from a loess-sand sequence at margin of the Mu Us sandy land. We use the relationship between monsoon precipitation and the carbon isotopic composition of modern soils as an analogue, with a minor modification, to reconstruct precipitation back to c. 47 ka ago. The preliminary results indicate that annual monsoon precipitation was high after 8 ka, with an average of 435 mm; and it decreased during 18 and 8 ka with a mean value of 194 mm. The precipitation value of 47-18 ka varied between the two. We compare the reconstructed precipitation with other records and paleoclimatic modeling results, showing that our record agrees with reconstructions of the monsoon precipitation from other sources, even capturing short climatic events such as the Younger Dryas. We suggest that solar irradiance, high-latitude temperature/ice volume and local evaporation have together modified moistures in the sandy land.     

末次盛冰期和全新世大暖期中国北方沙地气候定量重建初探

中国北方典型沙地处于东亚季风边缘区半干旱气候带,对气候变化响应敏感.本文对已有的该区域古气候记录文献资料进行整理分析和评估,对末次盛冰期与全新世大暖期两个特征时间段的古温度与古降雨量空间格局进行定量化重建,获得了其分布特征.结果表明,在末次盛冰期(约26 ～ 16ka)温度降低了5～11℃,变率为60％～200％,降温极值在黄土高原南缘;降雨量减少180 ～ 350mm,变率为50％左右,东北地区降雨量变化不大.在全新世大暖期(约9 ～ 5ka),温度升高了1.0 ～3.5℃,变率为20％～130％;降雨量增加了30 ～ 400mm,变率为10％ ～120％,其中存在一些需剔除的奇异点,从东部沿海向西北内陆降雨量增幅有加大趋势.上述结果为进一步探讨中国北方干旱-半干旱区古气候变化机理、检验东亚季风区古气候数值模拟结果等提供了定量化数据.