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2019-07-01

Characteristics of time-transgressive Holocene Optimum in the East Asian monsoon region

Características transgresivas del tiempo durante la época Máximo del Holoceno en la región monsónica del Este Asiático

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https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v23n3.72188

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Holocene Optimum, East Asian monsoon region, time–transgressive, Neolithic human demography (en)
Máximo Holoceno, región monsónica del Este Asiático, transgresiones del tiempo, demografía del Neolítico. (es)

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  • Ren Weihe Chinese Academy of Sciences - Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
  • Guitian Yi Chinese Academy of Sciences - Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
The Holocene Optimum (HO) defines a relatively warm and wet period during the Holocene, the initial and termination ages of which have been extensively reported for East Asia; however, debates still focus on underlying spatial and temporal patterns. Here, latest paleoclimate records from the East Asian monsoon region and arid central Asia are synthesized to evaluate the spatial and temporal patterns of the HO. The results of this synthesis indicate that the latitude and both the initial and termination ages of the HO follow a strong relationship, which is an expansion and northward retreat of the HO except for records around the Tibetan Plateau and several other highlands. Both the HO and technological development are also suggested to have shaped the historic boom of the Neolithic human demography. This study provides a window toward an improved understanding of the characteristics of time-transgressive HO and allows to make predictions for the initial and termination ages of the HO at different geographical locations of the East Asian monsoon region.
El Máximo del Holoceno (HO, del inglés Holocene Optimum) define una época húmeda y caliente del período del Holoceno, cuyas edades iniciales y finales han sido ampliamente estudiadas en el Este Asiático; sin embargo, los debates continúan enfocados en establecer los patrones espaciales y temporales. En este artículo se sintetizan los últimos registros de la región monsónica del Este Asiático y del centro árido de Asia para evaluar los patrones del Máximo del Holoceno. Los resultados de esta síntesis indican que la latitud y tanto el comienzo como el fin del Máximo Holoceno tienen una fuerte relación que consiste en la expansión y el retiro hacia el norte del Máximo Holoceno, excepto para los registros cercanos al altiplano del Tibet y otras zonas altas. Tanto el Máximo Holoceno y el desarrollo tecnológico sugieren que estas condiciones permitieron la explosión demográfica del Neolítico. Este estudio provee herramientas para un conocimiento mejorado de las características transgresivas del Máximo Holoceno y permite acercarse a las edades de comienzo y fin del Máximo Holoceno en diferentes puntos geográficos de la región monsónica del Este Asiático.

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