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Aptian–Albian clumped isotopes from northwest China: cool temperatures, variable atmospheric pCO2 and regional shifts in the hydrologic cycle
Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,
USA
Marina B. Suarez
Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,
USA
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, San
Antonio, TX, USA
Jessica Uglesich
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, San
Antonio, TX, USA
Hailu You
Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute
of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, PR China
Chinese Academy of Science Center for Excellence in Life and
Paleoenvironment, Beijing, PR China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
Daqing Li
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and College of Life Science
and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, PR China
Peter Dodson
Department of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Related subject area
Subject: Carbon Cycle | Archive: Terrestrial Archives | Timescale: Pre-Cenozoic
Early Jurassic climate and atmospheric CO2 concentration in the Sichuan paleobasin, southwestern China
Xianghui Li, Jingyu Wang, Troy Rasbury, Min Zhou, Zhen Wei, and Chaokai Zhang
Clim. Past, 16, 2055–2074, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2055-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2055-2020, 2020
Short summary
Short summary
This work presents the observation of the Early Jurassic terrestrial climate from the Sichuan paleobasin, southeastern China. Results manifest a (semi)arid climate in the study area, where the climate pattern is similar to the Colorado Plateau. The estimated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is 980–2610 ppmV with a mean of 1660 ppmV. The change of carbon dioxide concentration is compatible with the excursions of stable isotopes and seawater temperature from the coeval marine sediments.
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Short summary
This study investigates the coupling of climate and the carbon and hydrologic cycles in Asia ~ 113 million years ago to provide a more complete continental perspective on a dynamic climate interval associated with global ocean anoxic events. We find relatively cool conditions and a close coupling between the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, air temperature and rainfall in Asia. To quantify these shifts, chemical measurements from continental soils which formed during this interval are utilized.
This study investigates the coupling of climate and the carbon and hydrologic cycles in Asia...
