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Cold event at 5 500 a BP recorded in mud sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea

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A 700-year record (1.0–1.5 a resolution) of the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM), based on grain-size analysis and AMS14C dating of Core EC2005 from the inner-shelf mud wedge of the East China Sea (ECS), was compared with the Dongge stalagmite δ18O record during the mid-Holocene. The upper muddy section of Core EC2005 has been formed mainly by suspended sediments derived from the Changjiang (Yangtze) River mouth since 7.3 ka BP. High precipitation and a strengthened EAWM might have played key roles in the high sedimentation rate (1 324–1 986 cm/ka) between 5.9–5.2 ka BP. The EAWM strengthened when the Asian summer monsoon weakened, especially around 5 500 a BP, which corresponded to a worldwide cold event. The EAWM during the mid-Holocene shows statistically significant solar periodicities at 62 and 11 a. The 5 500 a BP cold event might be resulted from orbital forcing and changes in solar activity.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Fangjian Xu  (徐方建), Anchun Li  (李安春), Tiegang Li  (李铁刚), Shiming Wan  (万世明) & Jianguo Liu  (刘建国)

  2. Faculty of Geo-Resources and Information, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266555, China

    Fangjian Xu  (徐方建) & Shiyue Chen  (陈世悦)

  3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Fangjian Xu  (徐方建)

  4. Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC, 29528, USA

    Kehui Xu  (胥可辉)

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Xu, F., Li, A., Xu, K. et al. Cold event at 5 500 a BP recorded in mud sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 27, 975–984 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-009-9273-1

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