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Geography, Physical
Jimin Sun, Jingeng Sha, Brian F. Windley, Zhiliang Zhang, Bihong Fu
Summary: Inner Asia underwent dramatic changes in sea-land distributions and paleoenvironment in the Cenozoic, resulting in the retreat of the proto-Paratethys and the formation of the largest mid-latitude dryland in Central Asia. The Alay Valley, which connected the Tarim and Tajik Basins, experienced a major change in altitude and witnessed the final seawater retreat at 37.8 Ma. The timing and process of this retreat are important for understanding tectonics, surface processes, and climate.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
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Geography, Physical
Jingyu Zhang, Fengcun Xing, Wout Krijgsman, Cheng Zhang, Wei Wei, Lin Chen, Suju Yang, Xiaochen Liu, Yongchao Lu
Summary: The Paleogene sedimentary successions of the Tarim Basin in western China are reconstructed to understand the palaeogeographic evolution and palaeoenvironmental changes. The study reveals the major regression of the proto-Paratethys Sea, the transition from marine to continental-lacustrine sedimentation, and the role of tectonic and eustatic forces in controlling the late Paleogene transgression regression. The findings provide insights into the sedimentary response to Paleogene sea-level change and tectonic events in Central Asia.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jian Chang, Stijn Glorie, Nansheng Qiu, Kyoungwon Min, Yao Xiao, Wei Xu
Summary: The exhumation of the Tianshan Mountains is controlled by a complex interaction between tectonics and climate. New low-temperature thermochronological data reveals rapid exhumation in the central South Tianshan during 10-6 million years ago, contributing significantly to the aridification of the Tarim Basin.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Junsheng Nie, Weihang Wang, Richard Heermance, Peng Gao, Li Xing, Xiaojian Zhang, Ran Zhang, Carmala Garzione, Wenjiao Xiao
Summary: Periodic wetting is a common phenomenon in monsoon marginal region deserts, and previous studies have shown a correlation between desert wetting and high orbital eccentricity and strong summer monsoon. However, this study presents the first evidence of desert wetting during low orbital eccentricity, which is considered to be beyond the range of Asian monsoon precipitation. The weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon is proposed as the mechanism for this opposite desert wetting pattern.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Maojie Yang, Hong Chang, Xiuling Qin, George S. Burr, Weiguo Liu
Summary: Understanding the relatively warm climate change during the Pliocene can provide insights into the future global consequences of rising atmospheric CO2. Minerals, with their high water-sensitivity, can effectively support the reconstruction of climate evolution in extremely arid regions. Results from mineral analysis in lacustrine-fluvial Neogene sediments in the eastern Tarim Basin show that evaporite minerals and illite reflect regional climate change over time, indicating a global cooling trend since the late Miocene and suggesting a secondary influence of uplift in the Tibetan Plateau.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chao Guo, Zhiyong Zhang, Marco G. Malusa, David Chew, Dunfeng Xiang, Lin Wu, Nan Wang, Wenjiao Xiao
Summary: The Cenozoic deformation of the Tianshan Mountain Range and its impact on the Tarim Basin's exhumation and topographic growth are investigated in this study through the analysis of detrital apatite fission-track ages. The results show major age-shifts at -23 Ma and -10 Ma, suggesting drainage reorganizations associated with the uplift of the South Tianshan Mountain Range. The progressive topographic growth of the range is found to have influenced the aridification of the Tarim region.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Yasu Wang, Ying Cui, Hong Su, Jingxin Jiang, Yang Wang, Zhilin Yang, Xiumian Hu, Shijun Jiang
Summary: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) occurred 56 million years ago and is considered as an ancient analogue to the ongoing global warming. The study of Paleogene shallow marine strata in the Tarim Basin, China, reveals the environmental changes during PETM. The presence of calcareous nannofossils and the stratigraphic distribution of certain taxa indicate ocean acidification and increased surface ocean productivity in the Paratethys Seaway during PETM.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mariano N. Remirez, Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau, Maya Elrick, Miles A. Henderson, D. Jeffrey Over, Donna C. Willette, Thomas J. Algeo
Summary: This study focuses on the Late Devonian Illinois Basin and establishes a basin evolution model through correlation analysis and high-resolution chemostratigraphic profiles. The study reveals three phases of NAS deposition and identifies four anoxic pulses during the NAS deposition. Correlation analysis with other basin data also links some of the anoxic pulses to key biotic crises in the Late Devonian.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
P. Milillo, E. Rignot, P. Rizzoli, B. Scheuchl, J. Mouginot, J. L. Bueso-Bello, P. Prats-Iraola, L. Dini
Summary: Grounding-line observations from satellite radar interferometry show that the Pope, Smith, and Kohler glaciers in West Antarctica have experienced rapid retreat rates in recent years, faster than anticipated. The retreat is likely caused by unrepresented ice-ocean interactions within newly formed cavities at the ice-ocean boundary.
Article
Geography, Physical
Xuejiao Wang, Dangpeng Xi, Emanuela Mattioli, Guannan Wang, Xiaoqiao Wan
Summary: The study of calcareous nannofossil assemblages from sediments in western Tarim Basin reveals that the record of the PETM is associated with a transgression-regression cycle. The sea-level change is indicated by the richness and abundance of calcareous nannofossils, with evidence of a gradual increase in sea level and a subsequent regression. Inter-regional correlations show the highest relative sea level in the middle part of NP9a in the Tianshan Mountain area.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yi-Ching Yeh, Jing-Yi Lin, Shu-Kun Hsu, Ching-Hui Tsai, Ching-Min Chang
Summary: The study reveals the geological evolution of the West Philippine Basin, including magmatic events, amagmatic events, related volcanic activities, and the importance of the Great Benham Rise in the region. The results indicate that the Great Benham Rise plays a key role in the spreading history of the basin.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Qin Yuan, Natasha Barbolini, Luisa Ashworth, Catarina Rydin, Dong-Lin Gao, Fa-Shou Shan, Xiao-Yong Zhong, Vivi Vajda
Summary: Ancient lake deposits in the Eocene provide detailed records of environmental changes, showing a period of late Eocene aridification and cooling on the Tibetan Plateau. The findings suggest that global climate oscillations and retreat of the proto-Paratethys Sea likely influenced palaeoenvironmental changes in the region, leading to the transition of wetlands to desert-steppe vegetation.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philip J. Bart, Matthew Kratochvil
Summary: Geological records of ice sheet collapse provide insights into the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The study reconstructs the retreat process in the eastern Ross Sea continental shelf and the Whales Deep Basin, and estimates the duration and rate of retreat.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Rancheng Xu, Zhaoqun Zhang, Qian Li, Bian Wang
Summary: The Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT) was a significant climate change event around 34 million years ago, accompanied by major faunal turnovers. This study focused on the earliest ctenodactylid Karakoromys and discovered four species during the late Eocene-Early Oligocene, indicating a relatively high diversity of the most primitive ctenodactylids during this period. The turnover of ctenodactylids was mostly influenced by a regional aridification event rather than the global cooling event associated with EOT, suggesting the importance of regional precipitation variation in the evolution of early ctenodactylids.
Article
Geography, Physical
Jingxin Jiang, Xiumian Hu, Juan Li, Eduardo Garzanti, Shijun Jiang, Ying Cui, Yasu Wang
Summary: The present study aims to discuss the amplitude and mechanisms of sea-level changes during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in the Tarim epicontinental seaway. The study reveals that the sea-level rise during the PETM was largely caused by global warming, leading to extensive melting of high-mountain glaciers and thermal expansion of sea water.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Rodolfo Coccioni, Alessandro Montanari, David Bice, Henk Brinkhuis, Alain Deino, Fabrizio Frontalini, Fabrizio Lirer, Patrizia Maiorano, Simonetta Monechi, Joerg Pross, Pierre Rochette, Leonardo Sagnotti, Marianna Sideri, Mario Sprovieri, Fabio Tateo, Yannick Touchard, Stefaan Van Simaeys, Graham L. Williams
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Geology
Johan Vellekoop, Lineke Woelders, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, Simone Galeotti, Jan Smit, Caroline P. Slomp, Henk Brinkhuis, Philippe Claeys, Robert P. Speijer
Article
Geology
Arjen Grothe, Francesca Sangiorgi, Henk Brinkhuis, Marius Stoica, Wout Krijgsman
NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY
(2018)
Article
Geology
Alexander J. P. Houben, Willemijn Quaijtaal, Bridget S. Wade, Stefan Schouten, Henk Brinkhuist
NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY
(2019)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Alexander J. P. Houben, Peter K. Bijl, Appy Sluijs, Stefan Schouten, Henk Brinkhuis
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
(2019)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Margot J. Cramwinckel, Helen K. Coxall, Kasia K. Sliwinska, Marcel Polling, Dustin T. Harper, Peter K. Bijl, Henk Brinkhuis, James S. Eldrett, Alexander J. P. Houben, Francien Peterse, Stefan Schouten, Gert-Jan Reichart, James C. Zachos, Appy Sluijs
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Margot J. Cramwinckel, Robin van der Ploeg, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, Niels Waarlo, Claudia Agnini, Peter K. Bijl, Annique van der Boon, Henk Brinkhuis, Joost Frieling, Wout Krijgsman, Tamsin A. Mather, Jack J. Middelburg, Francien Peterse, Caroline P. Slomp, Appy Sluijs
Summary: This study evaluates the sedimentary and geochemical expression of the mid-Eocene climatic optimum in the northern Peri-Tethys region. The findings suggest a regional decoupling between ocean warming and deoxygenation, highlighting the role of regional tectonics in causing basin restriction and anoxia. The study also emphasizes the importance of the interplay between global climate and regional oceanic gateway evolution in determining local climate and oceanographic change.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Christian Berndt, Sverre Planke, Carlos A. Alvarez A. Zarikian, Joost Frieling, Morgan T. T. Jones, John M. M. Millett, Henk Brinkhuis, Stefan Bunz, Henrik H. H. Svensen, Jack Longman, Reed P. P. Scherer, Jens Karstens, Ben Manton, Mei Nelissen, Brandon Reed, Jan Inge Faleide, Ritske S. S. Huismans, Amar Agarwal, Graham D. M. Andrews, Peter Betlem, Joyeeta Bhattacharya, Sayantani Chatterjee, Marialena Christopoulou, Vincent J. J. Clementi, Eric C. C. Ferre, Irina Y. Y. Filina, Pengyuan Guo, Dustin T. T. Harper, Sarah Lambart, Geoffroy Mohn, Reina Nakaoka, Christian Tegner, Natalia Varela, Mengyuan Wang, Weimu Xu, Stacy L. L. Yager
Summary: Widespread shallow-water hydrothermal venting in the North Atlantic, probably a source of methane, coincided with the onset of the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. This venting occurred around 56 million years ago and was caused by carbon input into the ocean and atmosphere, leading to a global warming event. The vents erupted in shallow water, resulting in the direct release of volatile emissions without oxidation to CO2, and played a key role in the carbon-cycle perturbation.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
William Rush, Jean Self-Trail, Yang Zhang, Appy Sluijs, Henk Brinkhuis, James Zachos, James G. Ogg, Marci Robinson
Summary: This study confirms the occurrence of two Eocene thermal events, ETM2 and H2, in the Salisbury Embayment of Maryland. The paleotemperature proxies show agreement between surface water and bottom water temperatures, but the timing of warming does not correspond to the negative stable carbon isotope excursion (CIE) of ETM2 as expected. Factors other than pCO2 forcing are likely influencing temperature changes in the region.
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Margot J. Cramwinckel, Robin van der Ploeg, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, Niels Waarlo, Claudia Agnini, Peter K. Bijl, Annique van der Boon, Henk Brinkhuis, Joost Frieling, Wout Krijgsman, Tamsin A. Mather, Jack J. Middelburg, Francien Peterse, Caroline P. Slomp, Appy Sluijs
Summary: This study investigates the climate change mechanisms and factors influencing the middle Eocene climatic optimum through the assessment of sedimentary and geochemical data in the northern Peri-Tethys region. The results suggest that the significant organic carbon burial in the Kuma Formation played a quantitative role in the termination of the middle Eocene climatic optimum. Furthermore, the study highlights the importance of the interplay between global climate and regional oceanic evolution.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Frida S. Hoem, Isabel Sauermilch, Suning Hou, Henk Brinkhuis, Francesca Sangiorgi, Peter K. Bijl
Summary: Improvements in reconstructing ancient surface-ocean conditions based on dinocyst assemblages from the Southern Ocean provide an opportunity to establish the past position, strength, and oceanography of the subtropical front (STF). Through seismic data and marine palynological data, the study reconstructs the depositional and palaeoceanographic history of the STF from the late Eocene to early Miocene. The transition in dinocyst assemblages from dominant terrestrial species to outer-neritic/oceanic autotrophic taxa reflects the progressive deepening of the western Tasmanian continental margin.
JOURNAL OF MICROPALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Frida S. Hoem, Luis Valero, Dimitris Evangelinos, Carlota Escutia, Bella Duncan, Robert M. McKay, Henk Brinkhuis, Francesca Sangiorgi, Peter K. Bijl
Summary: This study reconstructs the surface ocean conditions near the Antarctic margin during the Oligocene, showing consistently temperate conditions throughout the period. The increasing similarity in oceanographic conditions between different regions in the late Oligocene is attributed to the widening of the Tasmanian Gateway.
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ariadna Salabarnada, Carlota Escutia, Ursula Roehl, C. Hans Nelson, Robert McKay, Francisco J. Jimenez-Espejo, Peter K. Bijl, Julian D. Hartman, Stephanie L. Strother, Ulrich Salzmann, Dimitris Evangelinos, Adrian Lopez-Quiros, Jose Abel Flores, Francesca Sangiorgi, Minoru Ikehara, Henk Brinkhuis
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2018)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Timme H. Donders, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, Roel Verreussel, Dirk Munsterman, Johan ten Veen, Robert P. Speijer, JohanW. H. Weijers, Francesca Sangiorgi, Francien Peterse, Gert-Jan Reichart, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste, Lucas Lourens, Gesa Kuhlmann, Henk Brinkhuis
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2018)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Julian D. Hartman, Francesca Sangiorgi, Ariadna Salabarnada, Francien Peterse, Alexander J. P. Houben, Stefan Schouten, Henk Brinkhuis, Carlota Escutia, Peter K. Bijl
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2018)