2020

Abram, N.J., Wright, N.M., Ellis, B., Dixon, B.C., Wurtzel, J.B., England, M.H., Ummenhofer, C.C., Philibosian, B., Cahyarini, S.Y., Yu, T.L., Shen, C.C., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Heslop, D., 2020. Coupling of Indo-Pacific climate variability over the last millennium. Nature 579, 385–392.

Arriolabengoa, M., Intxaurbe, I., Medina-Alcaide, M.Á., Rivero, O., Rios-Garaizar, J., LÍbano, I., Bilbao, P., Aranburu, A., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Garate, D., 2020. From cave geomorphology to Palaeolithic human behaviour: speleogenesis, palaeoenvironmental changes and archaeological insight in the Atxurra-Armiña cave (northern Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Quaternary Science 35, 841–853.

Ballesteros, D., Álvarez-Vena, A., Monod-Del Dago, M., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, L., Sanjurjo-Sánchez, J., Álvarez-Lao, D., Pérez-Mejías, C., Valenzuela, P., DeFelipe, I., Laplana, C., Cheng, H., Jiménez-Sánchez, M., 2020. Paleoenvironmental evolution of Picos de Europa (Spain) during marine isotopic stages 5c to 3 combining glacial reconstruction, cave sedimentology and paleontological findings. Quaternary Science Reviews248, 106581.

Chen, C.Y., McGee, D., Woods, A., Pérez, L., Hatfield, R.G., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Lehmann, S.B., Stoner, J.S., Schwalb, A., Tal, I., Seltzer, G.O., Tapia, P.M., Abbott, M.B., Rodbell, D.T., 2020. U-Th dating of lake sediments: Lessons from the 700 ka sediment record of Lake Junín, Peru. Quaternary Science Reviews 244, 106422.

Cheng, H., 2020. Future Earth and Sustainable Developments. The Innovation 1, 100055.

Cheng, H., Li, H., Zhang, X., Zhang H., Yi, L., Cai, Y., Hu, Y., Shi, Z., Peng, Y., Zhao, J., Sinha, A., Kathayat, G., 2020. European-Asian-African continent: An early form of supercontinent and supermonsoon. Quaternary Sciences 40, 1381–1396.

Cheng, H., Zhang, H. W., Cai, Y.J., Shi, Z.G., Yi, L.,  Deng, C.L., Hao, Q.Z., Peng, Y.B., Sinha, A., Li, H.Y., Zhao, J.Y., Tian, Y., Baker, J., Pérez-Mejías, C., 2020. Orbital-scale Asian summer monsoon variations: paradox and exploration. Science China Earth Sciences In press.

Cheng, H., Zhang, H., Spötl, C., Baker, J., Sinha, A., Li, H., Bartolomé, M., Moreno, A., Kathayat, G., Zhao, J., Dong, X., Li, Y., Ning, Y., Jia, X., Zong, B., Ait Brahim, Y., Pérez-Mejías, C., Cai, Y., Novello, V.F., Cruz, F.W., Severinghaus, J.P., An, Z., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, 23408–23417.

Columbu, A., Chiarini, V., Spötl, C., Benazzi, S., Hellstrom, J., Cheng, H., De Waele, J., 2020. Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy.Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 1188–1195.

Dee, S.G., Cobb, K.M., Emile-Geay, J., Ault, T.R., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Charles, C.D., 2020. Response to Comment on “No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium.” Science 369, 10–14.

Dee, S.G., Cobb, K.M., Emile-Geay, J., Ault, T.R., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Charles, C.D., 2020. No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium. Science 367, 1477–1481.

Dutt, S., Gupta, A.K., Cheng, H., Clemens, S.C., Singh, R.K., Tewari, V.C., 2020. Indian summer monsoon variability in northeastern India during the last two millennia. Quaternary International.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.021.

Feng, X., Yang, Y., Cheng, H., Zhao, J., Kong, X., Zhang, P., He, Z., Shi, X., Edwards, R.L., 2020. The 7.2 ka climate event: Evidence from high-resolution stable isotopes and trace element records of stalagmite in Shuiming Cave, Chongqing, China. The Holocene 30, 145–154.

Ghadiri, E., Affolter, S., Brennwald, M.S., Fleitmann, D., Häuselmann, A.D., Cheng, H., Maden, C., Leuenberger, M., Kipfer, R., 2020. Estimation of temperature – altitude gradients during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition from Swiss stalagmites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 544, 116387.

Jaglan, S., Gupta, A.K., Cheng, H., Clemens, S.C., Dutt, S., Balaji, S., 2020. Indian summer monsoon variability during the last millennium as recorded in stalagmite from Baratang Mahadev cave, Andaman Islands.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 557, 109908.

Kerans, C., Hearty, P.J., Zahm, C., Bachtel, S.L., Cheng, H., 2020. Reply to: Comments on: “Anatomy of a late Quaternary carbonate island: Constraints on timing and magnitude of sea-level fluctuations, West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI” by Wanless and Dravis [Quat. Sci. Rev.DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106216]. Quaternary Science Reviews 243, 106441.

Koç, K., Koşun, E., Cheng, H., Demirtaş, F., Lawrence Edwards, R., Fleitmann, D., 2020. Black carbon traces of human activities in stalagmites from Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science 123, 105255.

Koltai, G., Spötl, C., Cheng, H., 2020. Cryogenic cave carbonates in the Dolomites (Northern Italy): insights into Younger Dryas cooling and seasonal precipitation, Climate of the Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2020-107.

Li, H., Sinha, A., André, A.A., Spötl, C., Vonhof, H.B., Meunier, A., Kathayat, G., Duan, P., Voarintsoa, N.R.G., Ning, Y., Biswas, J., Hu, P., Li, X., Sha, L., Zhao, J., Lawrence Edwards, R., Cheng, H., 2020. A multimillennial climatic context for the megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands. Science Advances 6, eabb2459.

Li, H., Spötl, C., Cheng, H., 2020. A high-resolution speleothem proxy record of the Late Glacial in the European Alps: extending the NALPS19 record until the beginning of the Holocene. Journal of Quaternary Science, jqs.3255.

Li, Y., Rao, Z., Xu, Q., Zhang, S., Liu, X., Wang, Z., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Chen, F., 2020. Inter-relationship and environmental significance of stalagmite δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O records from Zhenzhu Cave, north China, over the last 130 ka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 536, 116149.

Liang, Y., Zhao, K., Edwards, R.L., Wang, Y., Shao, Q., Zhang, Z., Zhao, B., Wang, Q., Cheng, H., Kong, X., 2020. East Asian monsoon changes early in the last deglaciation and insights into the interpretation of oxygen isotope changes in the Chinese stalagmite record. Quaternary Science Reviews 250, 106699.

Liu, G., Li, X., Chiang, H.-W., Cheng, H., Yuan, S., Chawchai, S., He, S., Lu, Y., Aung, L.T., Maung, P.M., Tun, W.N., Oo, K.M., Wang, X., 2020. On the glacial-interglacial variability of the Asian monsoon in speleothem δ¹⁸O records. Science Advances 6, eaay8189.

Nehme, C., Kluge, T., Verheyden, S., Nader, F., Charalambidou, I., Weissbach, T., Gucel, S., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Satterfield, L., Eiche, E., Claeys, P., 2020. Speleothem record from Pentadactylos cave (Cyprus): new insights into climatic variations during MIS 6 and MIS 5 in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews 250, 106663.

Nicholson, S.L., Pike, A.W.G., Hosfield, R., Roberts, N., Sahy, D., Woodhead, J., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Affolter, S., Leuenberger, M., Burns, S.J., Matter, A., Fleitmann, D., 2020. Pluvial periods in Southern Arabia over the last 1.1 million-years. Quaternary Science Reviews 229, 106112.

Railsback, L.B., Dupont, L.A., Liang, F., Brook, G.A., Burney, D.A., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Relationships between climate change, human environmental impact, and megafaunal extinction inferred from a 4000-year multi-proxy record from a stalagmite from northwestern Madagascar. Quaternary Science Reviews 234, 106244.

Reimer, P.J., Austin, W.E.N., Bard, E., Bayliss, A., Blackwell, P.G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Butzin, M., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Friedrich, M., Grootes, P.M., Guilderson, T.P., Hajdas, I., Heaton, T.J., Hogg, A.G., Hughen, K.A., Kromer, B., Manning, S.W., Muscheler, R., Palmer, J.G., Pearson, C., van der Plicht, J., Reimer, R.W., Richards, D.A., Scott, E.M., Southon, J.R., Turney, C.S.M., Wacker, L., Adolphi, F., Büntgen, U., Capano, M., Fahrni, S.M., Fogtmann-Schulz, A., Friedrich, R., Köhler, P., Kudsk, S., Miyake, F., Olsen, J., Reinig, F., Sakamoto, M., Sookdeo, A., Talamo, S., 2020. The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere radiocarbon age calibration curve (0–55 cal kBP). Radiocarbon 62, 725–757.

Sanchez, S.C., Westphal, N., Haug, G.H., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Schneider, T., Cobb, K.M., Charles, C.D., 2020. A Continuous Record of Central Tropical Pacific Climate Since the Midnineteenth Century Reconstructed From Fanning and Palmyra Island Corals: A Case Study in Coral Data Reanalysis. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35, e2020PA003848.

Sha, L., Mahata, S., Duan, P., Luz, B., Zhang, P., Baker, J., Zong, B., Ning, Y., Brahim, Y.A., Zhang, H., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., 2020. A novel application of triple oxygen isotope ratios of speleothems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 270, 360–378.

Shao, X., Wang, T., Wang, Y., Cheng, H., Zhao, K., Kong, X., 2020. ENSO-Like Pacing of the Asian Summer Monsoon during the Early Holocene. Journal of Meteorological Research 34, 325–335.

Tan, L., Li, Y., Wang, X., Cai, Y., Lin, F., Cheng, H., Ma, L., Sinha, A., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Holocene Monsoon Change and Abrupt Events on the Western Chinese Loess Plateau as Revealed by Accurately Dated Stalagmites. Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2020GL090273.

Tan, L., Liu, W., Wang, T., Cheng, P., Zang, J., Wang, X., Ma, L., Li, D., Lan, J., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Xu, H., Ai, L., Gao, Y., Cai, Y., 2020. A multiple-proxy stalagmite record reveals historical deforestation in central Shandong, northern China. Science China Earth Sciences 63, 1622–1632.

Tian, Y., Zhang, H., Zong, B., Duan, P., Vonhof, H.B., Dublyansky, Y. V., Ning, Y., Spötl, C., Cai, Y., Cheng, H., 2020. Measurement of oxygen and hydrogen isotopic ratios of speleothem fluid inclusion water using Picarro. Chinese Science Bulletin 65, 3626–3634.

Utida, G., Cruz, F.W., Santos, R. V., Sawakuchi, A.O., Wang, H., Pessenda, L.C.R., Novello, V.F., Vuille, M., Strauss, A.M., Borella, A.C., Stríkis, N.M., Guedes, C.C.F., Dias De Andrade, F.R., Zhang, H., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Climate changes in Northeastern Brazil from deglacial to Meghalayan periods and related environmental impacts. Quaternary Science Reviews 250, 106655.

Wei, Y., Cai, Y., Cheng, X., Xue, G., Lu, Y., Ma, L., Huang, S., He, M., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Holocene and deglaciation hydroclimate changes in northern China as inferred from stalagmite growth frequency.Global and Planetary Change 195, 103360.

Winter, A., Zanchettin, D., Lachniet, M., Vieten, R., Pausata, F.S.R., Ljungqvist, F.C., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Miller, T., Rubinetti, S., Rubino, A., Taricco, C., 2020. Initiation of a stable convective hydroclimatic regime in Central America circa 9000 years BP. Nature Communications 11, 716.

Yao, Y., Lan, J., Zhao, J., Vachula, R.S., Xu, H., Cai, Y., Cheng, H., Huang, Y., 2020. Abrupt freshening since the early Little Ice Age in Lake Sayram of arid central Asia inferred from an alkenone isomer proxy.Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2020GL089257.

Zhang, H., Cheng, H., Baker, J., Kathayat, G., 2020. Response to Comments by Daniel Gebregiorgis et al. “A Brief Commentary on the Interpretation of Chinese Speleothem δ¹⁸O Records as Summer Monsoon Intensity Tracers”. Quaternary 2020, 3, 7.

Zhang, H., Cheng, H., Cai, Y., Spötl, C., Sinha, A., Kathayat, G., Li, H., 2020. Effect of precipitation seasonality on annual oxygen isotopic composition in the area of spring persistent rain in southeastern China and its paleoclimatic implication. Climate of the Past 16, 211–225.

Zhang, J., Kong, X., Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Liu, S., Wang, Z., Liu, J., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2020. Centennial-scale climatic changes in Central China during the Holocene climatic optimum. Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 558, 109950.

Zhao, C., Zhang, P., Li, X., Ning, Y., Tan, L., Lawrence Edwards, R., Yao, X., Cheng, H., 2020. Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of uranium isotopes in Saline Lakewaters in the Northeast of Qaidam Basin. Minerals 10, 74.

Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Kong, X., Liu, D., Shao, Q., Cui, Y., Huang, C., Ning, Y., Yang, X., 2020. Late Holocene monsoon precipitation changes in southern China and their linkage to Northern Hemisphere temperature. Quaternary Science Reviews 232, 106191.