ID:
S_141
Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental changes across timescales from global loess
Lead Convener
Qingzhen Hao State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China. haoqz@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Co Convener(s)
Zdzisław Jary Department of Physical Geography, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 34, 50-205, Wrocław, Poland. zdzislaw.jary@uwr.edu.pl Amin Ghafarpour Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, 72074 Tübingen, Germany. ghafarpour@yahoo.com; amin.ghafarpour@sedgeo.uni-tuebingen.de
Session Keywords
Loess, Paleosol, Stratigraphy, Paleoenvironments, Chronology
Commission
PALCOM
Abstract Category
Drylands
Session Description
Widespread loess deposits—characterized by high temporal resolution and extensive age coverage—represent an important sedimentary archive for understanding past terrestrial environments at both regional and global scales. In recent years, significant progress has been made in loess research across Eurasia, South America, and North America. Key developments include studies on climate and ecological changes across various timescales; regional climate responses to past global warming; variations in dust-transporting atmospheric circulation; tectonic- and glaciation-driven transitions in regional climate systems; and insights into ice-age dynamics from the loess perspective. This session will highlight recent advances in loess research, focusing on the following key themes: (1) Loess stratigraphy; (2) Climate and ecological reconstructions of the Quaternary and pre-Quaternary periods; and (3) Dynamics of representative climate systems within the Earth system framework.
