Open AccessData collected in Mongolia offers key clues to past climate
Author(s) -
Fowell S. J.,
Peck John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00211
Subject(s) - geology , monsoon , climate change , climatology , natural (archaeology) , global climate , oceanography , physical geography , earth science , geography , paleontology
Located in the interior of the Asian continent, Mongolia lies at the northern limit of the Asian monsoon and occupies the zone of highest seasonal climate contrast on Earth. Sediment cores from Mongolian lakes contain crucial information about paleoclimatic variability from a region that is poorly understood relative to continental margins and ocean basins. As the locus of four very large (M≥8) earthquakes during this century, Mongolia is also a natural laboratory for studies of slip on active, intracontinental faults [see Molnar and Prentice , 1996].