The Loess Plateau is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is located southeast of the Gobi Desert and is surrounded by the Yellow River .

May 20, 2022 · The paper explained Chinese loess deposits as a product of seasonal monsoon climate, and they recognized that the loess-paleosol alternations have recorded Asian monsoon intensity variations during the late Quaternary.

This paper presents a general review of the recent research advances of the East Asian paleomonsoon, based mainly on studies of the loess-soil sequences in the Chinese Loess Plateau. In the last 2.6 million years, the paleomonsoonal history may be divided into about 166 events on a time scale of the Earth's orbital variations.

Feb 3, 2024 · In this study, we examine a high-resolution, approximately 350,000-year record from a low-latitude loess profile in China. Our analyses show that variations in the ratio of...

May 21, 2015 · Deciphering the sources of eolian dust on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is fundamental to reconstruct paleo-wind patterns and paleo-environmental changes. Existing datasets show contradictory...

Loess Plateau, highland area in north-central China, covering much of Shanxi, northern Henan, Shaanxi, and eastern Gansu provinces and the middle part of the Huang He (Yellow River) basin. Averaging about 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) in elevation and covering some 154,000 square miles (400,000 square

Loess sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) compose one of the most complete Neogene–Quaternary terrestrial paleoclimatic archives. Understanding the CLP's sediment sources is critical to tracing Asian aridification, atmospheric circulation patterns, and Asian monsoon evolution.

Sep 13, 2007 · Since the pioneering work of Heller and Liu, paleomagnetic studies have played a pivotal role in deciphering chronometric signals from the Chinese loess/paleosol sequences (see reviews by Heller and Evans and Evans and Heller), thus providing reliable chronological constraints on the sequences.

The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), with its continuously deposited loess-paleosol sequences, records the thickest, largest, oldest and most continuous aeolian deposits on Earth. Together with the marine sediments and polar ice cores, these deposits constitute one of the three most commonly used proxies in paleoclimate studies.

Feb 8, 2013 · China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestation has led to a considerable increase in forest and a decrease in dust-storm activity in some areas.