Abstract: Abstract Loess sequences in central China provide a detailed record of climate changes during the last 2.5 million years. At least 44 major shifts from glacial to interglacial conditions occurred during this time in China. Prolonged loess deposition lasting more than 40 millennia occurred eleven times with only four of these intervals in Brunhes Chron. The climate oscillations took place with increased frequency between 2.4 and 0.5 Ma compared to the last half million years. Major shifts toward cooler and drier climates occurred at about 2.4 Ma...
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Physical geography
Paleontology