Late Miocene Tarim desert wetting linked with eccentricity minimum and East Asian monsoon weakening

Affiliations

Junsheng Nie: Key Laboratory of Western Chinese Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University
Weihang Wang: Key Laboratory of Western Chinese Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University
Richard Heermance: Department of Geological Sciences, California State University
Peng Gao: Key Laboratory of Western Chinese Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University
Li Xing: Key Laboratory of Western Chinese Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University
Xiaojian Zhang: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University
Ran Zhang: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carmala Garzione: Department of Environmental Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
Wenjiao Xiao: Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The late Miocene Tarim desert experienced periodic wetting and greening in eccentricity minimum and East Asian summer monsoon weakening