A 1000-Year Record of Temperature From Isotopic Analysis of the Deep Critical Zone in Central China
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2023
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Wang, Hongxiu
Li, Han
Xiang, Wei
Lu, Yanwei
Wang, Huanhuan
Hu, Wei
Si, Bing Cheng
Jasechko, Scott
Mcdonnell, Jeffrey
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Wiley Open Access [Commercial Publisher]; American Geophysical Union [Client Organisation]
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Temperature proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction have been made typically via ice cores, tree rings, stalagmites, and lake sediments. While extremely useful, these proxies can be limited spatially. Here we sampled a 98 m “soil core” from Loess Plateau of China and examined the relationship between pore water isotopic values and hydroclimate history. We extracted soil pore water for δ 18O, δ 2H, and 3H and measured chloride concentration. The 3H-peak at 6 m and chloride mass balance were used to turn depth into calendar year. A 1000 year span was revealed. δ 18O and δ 2H values between 14–50 m were anomalously low—bracketing well the Little Ice Age period from 1420 to 1870. The identification was consistent with other standard proxies in the region and showed the same temporal dynamics of temperature anomalies. Our study shows the potential of stable isotopes of soil water for paleoclimate reconstruction in deep soils.
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© 2023. The Authors.
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temperature proxies, Loess Plateau, water isotope, temporal dynamics, temperature anomalies, paleoclimate reconstruction
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Wang, H., Li, H., Xiang, W., Lu, Y., Wang, H., Hu, W., et al. (2023). A 1000-year record of temperature from isotopic analysis of the deep critical zone in central China. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101054. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL101054
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Wang, H., Li, H., Xiang, W., Lu, Y., Wang, H., Hu, W., et al. (2023). A 1000-year record of temperature from isotopic analysis of the deep critical zone in central China. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101054. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL101054
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10.1029/2022GL101054