Jan Bloemendal

TL;DR: A well-dated, pollen-based, ~20-yr-resolution quantitative precipitation reconstruction from an alpine lake in North China, which provides for the first time a direct record of EASM evolution since 14.7 ka, points to strong internal feedback processes driving the EASm, and may aid the understanding of future monsoon behaviour under ongoing anthropogenic climate change.

TL;DR: A genetic analysis of grain-size components of hydraulic and aeolian sediments demonstrates the following environmental implications: Fluvial sediment is composed of isolated saltation and suspension components as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated three regions of the Western Chinese Loess Plateau in order to recover records of monsoon climate variations and found that numerous rapid changes in climate occurred in China during the last glacial cycle, but that the range of climate variations was smaller than recorded in Greenland.

TL;DR: In this paper, an East Asian winter monsoon proxy record using grain size variations in Chinese loess over the past 900,000 years was presented, showing that the weak monsoon winds maintained a mild, non-glacial climate at high northern latitudes.

TL;DR: Techniques of investigating intrinsic and mineral magnetic properties, in addition to paleomagnetic remanence, are described in subjects as diverse as meteorology, hydrology, sedimentology, geophysics, and ecology.