Synchronous 500-year oscillations of monsoon climate and human activity in Northeast Asia

Deke Xu; Houyuan Lu; Guoqiang Chu; Li Liu; Caiming Shen; Fengjiang Li; Can Wang; Naiqin Wu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12138-0

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Synchronous 500-year oscillations of monsoon climate and human activity in Northeast Asia

Deke Xu,
Houyuan Lu,
Guoqiang Chu,
Li Liu,
Caiming Shen,
Fengjiang Li,
Can Wang,
Naiqin Wu

Affiliations

Deke Xu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Houyuan Lu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guoqiang Chu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Li Liu: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University
Caiming Shen: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, College of Tourism and Geographical Sciences, Yunnan Normal University
Fengjiang Li: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Can Wang: Department of Archaeology, School of History and Culture, Shandong University
Naiqin Wu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12138-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Long-term climate cycles can potentially influence population dynamics, including those of humans. Here, the authors combine climate and archaeological records from Northeast China over the past 8000 years and demonstrate ~500 year cycles in both the monsoon and human activity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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