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Desiccation cracks in Zhoushan Archipelago, East China Sea, developed during Heinrich event 3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Nan Jia ,
Yuhong Wang  and
Liguang Sun
Nan Jia
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China CAS Key Laboratory of Crust–Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
Yuhong Wang
Affiliation:
Advanced Management Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
Liguang Sun*
Affiliation:
Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China CAS Key Laboratory of Crust–Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
*
*Corresponding author at: Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China. Fax: + 86 551 3607583. E-mail address:slg@ustc.edu.cn (L. Sun).
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Abstract

Large desiccation cracks were discovered in the intertidal zone of Zhoushan archipelago, East China Sea. Radiocarbon dating showed that desiccation cracks were formed around 31.2–30.4 cal ka BP. Palynological, mineralogical, and elemental geochemical analyses indicated that the cracks were formed as the result of an abrupt climate shift event. The climate changed from warm and humid, to cold and arid, and back to warm and humid again. This climate event is quite likely linked to Heinrich event 3 via the East Asian Monsoon. Desiccation cracks may provide a new proxy material for studying paleoclimate and paleoenvironment in the Quaternary.

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Zhoushan archipelagoDesiccation cracksHeinrich event 3Climate event

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Quaternary Research , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 258 - 263
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University of Washington

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