A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record
University of Minnesota · Nanjing Normal University · +4 more institutions
Abstract
A record from Wanxiang Cave, China, characterizes Asian Monsoon (AM) history over the past 1810 years. The summer monsoon correlates with solar variability, Northern Hemisphere and Chinese temperature, Alpine glacial retreat, and Chinese cultural changes. It was generally strong during Europe's Medieval Warm Period and weak during Europe's Little Ice Age, as well as during the final decades of the Tang, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties, all times that were characterized by popular unrest. It was strong during the first several decades of the Northern Song Dynasty, a period of increased rice cultivation and dramatic population increase. The sign of the correlation between the AM and temperature switches around 1960,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 33.28
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- 100%
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Authors
17- PZPingzhong Zhang
University of Minnesota, Nanjing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Lanzhou University
- HCHai ChengCorresponding
University of Minnesota, Nanjing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Lanzhou University
- RLR. Lawrence Edwards
University of Minnesota, Nanjing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Lanzhou University
- FCFahu Chen
University of Minnesota, Nanjing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Lanzhou University
- YWYongjin Wang
University of Minnesota, Nanjing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Lanzhou University
Topics & keywords
- Monsoon
- Period (music)
- Northern Hemisphere
- China
- Cave
- Solar variation
- Forcing (mathematics)
- Glacial period
- Climate action