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Eolian quartz flux variations in Cheju Island, Korea, during the last 6500 yr and a possible Sun–monsoon linkage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jaesoo Lim ,
Eiji Matsumoto  and
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Jaesoo Lim*
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Eiji Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: +81 52 789 3436. E-mail address: s020121d@mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp (J. Lim).
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Abstract

We have obtained a high-resolution sedimentary record covering the last 6500 yr from a maar in Cheju Island, Korea, in order to reconstruct the history of variations in the eolian quartz flux (EQF) and hence Asian dust. The long-term variation of EQF reveals three intervals: a period of high EQF (4000–2000 cal yr B.P.) and two periods of low EQF (6500–4000 cal yr B.P. and 2000 cal yr B.P. to present), which have been affected by the East Asian monsoon due to insolation change and the cold air activity in high latitudes correlated with polar high-pressure systems. This long-term variation is superimposed by millennial- and centennial-scale fluctuations with periodicities of 1137, 739, 214, 162, 137, 127, and 111 yr, implying drier conditions in the source areas in China. The detrended EQF record correlates visually and statistically (cross-spectral analysis) with the atmospheric Δ14C record (solar proxy). The centennial-scale variability in EQF may be affected by the solar activity through the Sun–East Asian monsoon linkage.

Keywords

Eolian quartzAsian dustEast Asian monsoonSolar activityHoloceneClimate change
Type
Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , July 2005 , pp. 12 - 20
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University of Washington

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