TY - JOUR T1 - Mid-late Holocene rainfall variation in Taiwan: A high-resolution multi-proxy record unravels the dual influence of the Asian monsoon and ENSO JF - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Y1 - 2019 A1 - Chen, Jinxia A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Nan, Qingyun A1 - Shi, Xuefa A1 - Liu, Yanguang A1 - Jiang, Bo A1 - Zou, Jianjun A1 - Selvaraj, Kandasamy A1 - Li, Dongling A1 - Li, ChuanShun KW - C/N ratio KW - Fern spore KW - La Niña KW - Okinawa Trough KW - tropical cyclone AB - Taiwan is particularly sensitive to changes in monsoonal precipitation and to typhoon-induced heavy precipitation events, however, rainfall variability in Taiwan on centennial and millennial time scales during the Holocene has not been well understood. This study describes mid-Holocene rainfall features of Taiwan based on pollen, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and C/N ratio records of core MD05-2908. The step-wise increase in sedimentation rate, fern spore percentage and concentration, TOC content, and C/N ratio suggests an increasing terrestrial material supply due to the intensified rainfall in Taiwan since 6800 cal. yr BP. This rainfall pattern shows an inverse pattern to the decreasing East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) strength represented by the multi-proxy records from North China. Variation of the East Asian summer circulation and associated moisture transport may account for the long-term rainfall changes in Taiwan. Superimposed on this trend, we interpreted three prominent rainfall changes, which focus on the periods of 6800–6600, 1090–880 and 490–190 cal. yr BP. These centennial time scale rainfall variations in our records are linked to the intensity of El-Niño Southern Oscillations. VL - 516 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018218303444 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Sea-level, monsoonal, and anthropogenic impacts on the millennial-scale variability of siliciclastic sediment input into the western Philippine sea since 27 ka JF - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Y1 - 2019 A1 - Xu, Zhaokai A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Clift, Peter D. A1 - Wan, Shiming A1 - Lim, Dhongil A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Sun, Rongtao AB - Multiproxy records from Core MD06-3054 in the western Philippine Sea and published results from the nearby Core MD06-3052, which are both located at the northern margin of the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP), provide precise reconstructions and evidence for the potential controls on continental erosion and weathering intensities in Luzon. These data also constrain sediment source-to-sink processes in the sea since 27 ka at the millennial scale. We demonstrate that the siliciclastic fraction is derived from Luzon volcanic rocks and eolian dust from mainland Asia. Stronger physical erosion and chemical weathering generally occurred during the last glaciation, Heinrich Event 1, the Younger Dryas, and the period from 10.3 to 11.3 ka. In contrast, the Bølling-Allerød was characterized by weaker physical erosion and chemical weathering. During the last glaciation, Heinrich Event 1, and the Younger Dryas, the lower sea level led to enhanced erosion and weathering of the exposed shelf sediments. In contrast, the weaker physical erosion and chemical weathering that occurred during the Bølling-Allerød and the Holocene, except after 2.1 ka, are closely correlated with the higher sea level. The stronger physical erosion and chemical weathering at 10.3–11.3 ka may be derived from the reworking of older sediments during the time of a strengthening summer monsoon. Furthermore, enhanced human activity since 2.1 ka has become the dominant control on erosion in Luzon. Rapid weathering changes in the WPWP during the last deglaciation highlight the high variability in local controls at low latitudes during these periods and the potential influence of controls at high latitudes. VL - 177 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1367912019301506 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Bathyal records of enhanced silicate erosion and weathering on the exposed Luzon shelf during glacial lowstands and their significance for atmospheric CO2 sink JF - Chemical Geology Y1 - 2018 A1 - Xu, Zhaokai A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Clift, Peter D. A1 - Wan, Shiming A1 - Qiu, Xiaohua A1 - Lim, Dhongil KW - Atmospheric CO2 concentration KW - Chemical weathering KW - East Asian summer monsoon KW - sea level KW - Western Philippine Sea AB - We present a new high-resolution multiproxy data set of mass accumulation rates, Sr-Nd isotopes, as well as major and trace elements for the siliciclastic sediment fraction from International Marine Global Change Study Core MD06-3052, located on the continental slope of the western Philippine Sea. We integrate our new data with published grain sizes and sea surface temperatures from the same core, as well as with Equatorial Pacific sea level, and East Asian summer monsoon precipitation, in order to constrain at high-resolution changes in physical erosion and chemical weathering intensities on Luzon, and sediment source-to-sink processes. We assess the potential significance of chemical weathering of arc silicates in regulating global atmospheric CO2 since 156 kyr BP. Sr-Nd isotopes show that the siliciclastic sediments were dominantly sourced from volcanic rocks exposed on Luzon (~ 68–100%), with a lesser contribution from Asian dust (~ 0–32%). Different indices indicate that stronger physical erosion and chemical weathering occurred during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6 (130–156 kyr BP), as well as in the latter stage of MIS 3 and MIS 2 (14–40 kyr BP). The large sea-level lowstands and associated significant exposure of continental shelf in the western Philippine Sea during these two cold periods should favor physical erosion and chemical weathering of unconsolidated sediments on the exposed shelf. Furthermore, we notice the relatively good coherence between chemical weathering intensities on Luzon and global atmospheric CO2 concentrations over these cold intervals. We suggest that strengthening of chemical weathering of silicates on Luzon and other tropical arcs (within 20° of the Equator) during the Quaternary glacial sea-level lowstands may significantly contribute to the lowering of atmospheric CO2 concentrations during ice ages. We estimate that a significant fraction, up to ~ 16% (i.e., ~ 8 ppmv), of all atmospheric CO2 ultimately sequestered by silicate weathering may be processed through an area corresponding to only ~ 1% of the exorheic drainage area worldwide. VL - 476 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254117306587 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rapid precipitation changes in the tropical West Pacific linked to North Atlantic climate forcing during the last deglaciation JF - Quaternary Science Reviews Y1 - 2018 A1 - Xiong, Zhifang A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Algeo, Thomas J. A1 - Clift, Peter D. A1 - Bretschneider, Lisa A1 - Lu, Zhengyao A1 - Zhu, Xiao A1 - Frank, Martin A1 - Sauer, Peter E. A1 - Jiang, FuQing A1 - Wan, Shiming A1 - Zhang, Xu A1 - Chen, Shuangxi A1 - Huang, Jie KW - AMOC KW - Chemical weathering KW - enso KW - ITCZ KW - Terrigenous input KW - Western Philippine Sea AB - The cause of rapid hydrological changes in the tropical West Pacific during the last deglaciation remains controversial. In order to test whether these changes were triggered by abrupt climate change events in the North Atlantic Ocean, variations in precipitation during the last deglaciation (18-10 ka) were extracted from proxy records of chemical weathering and terrigenous input in the western Philippine Sea (WPS). The evolution of chemical weathering and terrigenous input since 27 ka was reconstructed using the chemical index of alteration (CIA), elemental ratios (K/Al, TOC/TN and Ti/Ca), δ13Corg, terrigenous fraction abundance and flux data from International Marine Global Change Study Program (IMAGES) core MD06-3054 collected on the upper continental slope of eastern Luzon (northern Philippines). Sediment deposited during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) shows weathering equal to or slightly greater than Holocene sediment in the WPS. This unusual state of chemical weathering, which is inconsistent with lower air temperatures and decreased precipitation in Luzon during the LGM, may be due to reworking of poorly consolidated sediments on the eastern Luzon continental shelf during the LGM sea-level lowstand. Rapid changes in chemical weathering, characterized by higher intensity during the Heinrich event 1 (H1) and Younger Dryas (YD) and lower intensity during the Bølling-Allerød (B/A), were linked to rapid variations in precipitation in the WPS during the last deglaciation. The higher terrigenous inputs during the LGM relative to those of the Holocene were controlled by sea-level changes rather than precipitation. The terrigenous inputs show a long-term decline during the last deglaciation, punctuated by brief spikes during the H1 and YD related to sea-level rises and rapid precipitation changes in the WPS, respectively. The proxy records of chemical weathering and terrigenous input from eastern Luzon suggest high rainfall during the H1 and YD events, consistent with inferred rainfall patterns based on Fe/Ca records from offshore Mindanao. Rapid precipitation changes in the WPS did not coincide with migrations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) but, rather, were related to state shifts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the last deglaciation. Based on proxy records and modeling results, we argue that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) controlled rapid precipitation changes in the tropical West Pacific through zonal shifts of ENSO or meridional migration of the ITCZ during the last deglaciation. Our findings highlight the dominant role of the North Atlantic Ocean in the tropical hydrologic cycle during the last deglaciation. VL - 197 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117309484https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0277379117309484?httpAccept=text/xmlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0277379117309484?httpAccept=text/plain ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rare earth element geochemistry in the inner shelf of the East China Sea and its implication to sediment provenances JF - Journal of Rare Earths Y1 - 2011 A1 - Xu, Fangjian A1 - Li, Anchun A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Xu, Kehui A1 - Chen, Shiyue A1 - Qiu, Longwei A1 - Cao, Yingchang AB - Gravity core EC2005, located in the mud wedge off the Zhejiang-Fujian coast in the inner shelf of the East China Sea (ECS), was analyzed for its lithology, grain size, rare earth elements (REE) and AMS14C dating. Results revealed high-resolution paleoenvironmental evolution and multiple switches of sediment provenances in the inner shelf of ECS. The lithology, grain size and REE concentrations of sediments varied significantly down the core. Mean grain size ranged from 8 to 121 μm, and the values of ΣREE were 152.8–227.9 μg/g. The chondrite- and shale-normalized REE patterns indicated their similarity to the terrigenous sediments in the study area. Between 17.3–12.3 ka BP the sediments in the inner shelf of ECS were mainly originated from local drainage basins. The source then gradually switched to the Yangtze River between 12.3 and 9.8 ka BP. Since about 10–9.8 ka BP, the sediments in the study area were dominantly derived from the Yangtze River. The continuous rising of sea level and formation of coastal current along the inner shelf played a key role in the switches of sediment provenances. VL - 29 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002072110605261 IS - 7 N1 - id: 2177 JO - Rare earth element geochemistry in the inner shelf of the East China Sea and its implication to sediment provenances ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Environmental anomalies in the northeastern East China Sea during the last 3 000 years: implications for El Nino activity in the Holocene JF - Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Y1 - 2010 A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Zhuang, Lihua A1 - Yan, Jun AB - To reconstruct the productivity changes for the last 10 500 a in the northeastern East China Sea (ECS), biogenic compounds (such as carbonate, organic carbon and opal), marine micropaleontological fossils (planktonic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, radiolarian and silicoflagellate) and the compositional characters of benthic foraminifera fauna analyses were carried out on a sediment core DOC082 obtained from the western slope of Okinawa Trough (29 degrees 13.93'N, 128 degrees 08.53' E; 1 128 m water depth). The long-term changes of biogenic and micropaleontological proxies display some similarities through the last 10 500 a, which show three different phases: lower values are recorded during the early and middle Holocene (before about 4 000 a BP), followed by an abrupt and remarkable increase at about 4 000 a BP, the late Holocene (after about 3 000 a BP) is characterized by continuously high values. The multi-proxy data of paleoproductivity and percents of benthic foraminifera genera (Uvigerina and Bulimina) show that during the early and middle Holocene (10 500-4 000 a BP) productivity was relatively low with a sudden and distinct increase at about 4 000 a BP, and the late Holocene (3 400-0 a BP) is marked by significantly higher productivity. Also, the radiolarian-based sea surface temperature (SST) records reveal a distinct decline in SST in the late Holocene after 3 200 a BP, very different from the early and middle Holocene. For the last 3 000 a, the enhanced biological productivity and distinctly lower SST indicate a major change of oceanographic conditions in the northeastern ECS. These marine environmental anomalies are consistent with other paleoclimatic records for the late Holocene in the Chinese continent and its surrounding regions. After analyzing the mechanisms of modern productivity and SST changes in the northeastern ECS, and based on the climatic anomalies in the Chinese continent and variations in the Kuroshio Current during modern El Nino periods, we suggest that the anomalous environmental conditions in the northeastern ECS may imply intensified El Nino activity during the late Holocene. VL - 28 IS - 1 N1 - id: 1927; PT: J; UT: WOS:000275654100024 JO - Environmental anomalies in the northeastern East China Sea during the last 3 000 years: implications for El Nino activity in the Holocene ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Younger Dryas Event and formation of peat layers in the northern Yellow Sea JF - Earth Science Frontiers Y1 - 2010 A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Yu, Xinke KW - northern Yellow Sea KW - peat layer KW - sea level KW - Younger Dryas Event AB - Peat layer, which formed under the humid climatic conditions and during the stagnated phase of sea level changes, is an important vehicle for information of paleoenvironmental evolution. Results of study on four sections of peat layer from the northern Yellow Sea indicate that all of them are located on the mouth of Bohai Sea strait between 50 and 54 meters water depth. The AMS 14C ages of peat layer are in the range between 10650 and 10100 a BP, which are highly coincident with the age of the Younger Dryas event that was the most significant cold climatic event during the last deglacial warming and occurred between 11000 and 10000 14C a BP. This coincidence indicates that the formation of peat layers in the northern Yellow Sea may be closely correlated with the global impact of Younger Dryas event and can be regard as an evidence of the response of the northern Yellow Sea area to it. The mass appearance of peat layer implies that during the Younger Dryas event a few stagnated periods existed in the postglacial process of sea level rising, the sea level had reached the outside of Bohai Sea strait and may have lingered for about thousand years. The above results and records of pollen suggest that during the period from 10600 to 10200 14C a BP, the northern Yellow Sea was in a cold and humid environment. The humid condition in the northern Yellow Sea area during the Younger Dryas event was distinctly different from the most terrestrial and oceanic records of Younger Dryas event in the global, which shows distinctive effect of Younger Dryas event in different region, and it is irresponsible to diagnose the characteristics of response to Younger Dryas events in different regions based on a single dry and cold mode. VL - 17 SN - 1005-2321 IS - 1 N1 - id: 1969 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Sedimentation rates and provenance analysis in the Southwestern Okinawa Trough since the mid-Holocene JF - Chinese Science Bulletin Y1 - 2009 A1 - Li, ChuanShun A1 - Jiang, Bo A1 - Li, Anchun A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Jiang, FuQing AB - As a high-sedimentation rate depocenter along the path of the Kuroshio Current, the southwesternmost part of the Okinawa Trough is a key area to understand the Kuroshio history and sediments transportation. A 34.17-m-long sediment core was obtained by the advanced piston corer of Marco Polo/IMAGES XII MARION DUFRESNE during the May 2005 from the Southern Okinawa Trough at site MD05-2908. The recovered sediments were analyzed by AMS (14)C dating, coarse size fraction (> 63 mu m) extraction and moisture content determination in order to study its sedimentation flux and provenance. The depth-age relationship of core MD05-2908 was well constrained by 17 (14)C dating points. The sediments span across the mid-Holocene (6.8 ka B.P.) and have remarkablely high sedimentation rates between 1.8 and 21-2 m/ka, which is well consistent with the modern observations from sediment traps. We identified five 70-200 a periods of abnormally rapid sedimentation events at 6790-6600 a B.P., 5690-5600 a B.P., 4820-4720 a B.P., 1090-880 a B.P., and 260-190 a B.P., during which the highest sedimentation rate is up to 21-2 m/ka. In general, the lithology of the sediments were dominated by silt and clay, associated with less than 5% coarse size fraction (a parts per thousand VL - 54 IS - 7 N1 - id: 1930; PT: J; UT: WOS:000264842600017 JO - Sedimentation rates and provenance analysis in the Southwestern Okinawa Trough since the mid-Holocene ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Variations of terrigenous material discharges in the South Okinawa trough and its relation to the East Asian summer monsoon since the last millennium JF - Journal of China University of Geosciences Y1 - 2009 A1 - Chen, Jinxia A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Qingyun, Nan AB - The top part of a giant IMAGE core MD05-2908 taken from the South Okinawa Trough was investigated for the sake of understanding the climate evolution in Donghai seacoast areas since the last millennium. Sporopollen and organic carbon isotope records of bulk sediments were used as proxies to trace the climate variations and terrigenous materials discharges. Time series were demarcated by 4 AMS 14 C dating ages. Comprehensive data of sporopollen and carbon isotopic composition, together with the paleoenvironmental records show that in the South Okinawa Trough the terrigenous material discharges fluctuated obviously for the past 1000 years. Three relatively high terrigenous material discharge periods, corresponding to 1100-1040 a BP, 960-880 a BP and 800-480 a BP respectively and two quite low terrigenous material discharge periods, namely, 1040-960 a BP and 480-230 a BP, can be identified from our records. In comparison with the stalagmite delta (super 13) C records(which were used to trace the East Asian Summer Monsoon) from Buddha Cave, Shaanxi Province, we found that the variations of terrigenous material discharges might be related closely to variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon(EASM). Weaker EASM resulted in a convergence rain belt and longer residence time in the South China regions, which increased the efficiency of weathering and denudation of the source area. Moreover, increased rainfall enhanced the land runoff and as a result more terrigenous materials were transported to the South Okinawa Trough. VL - 34 SN - 1000-2383 IS - Generic N1 - id: 1948; Source type: scholarlyjournals; Object type: Article; Copyright: GeoRef in Process, Copyright 2011, American Geosciences Institute. After editing and indexing, this record will be added to Georef.; CSAUnique: 600756-13; AccNum: 600756-13; ISSN: 1000-2383; Peer Reviewed: true ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Vast laminated diatom mat deposits from the west low-latitude Pacific Ocean in the last glacial period JF - Chinese Science Bulletin Y1 - 2009 A1 - Zhai, Bin A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Cao, QiYuan AB - Diatoms are one of the predominant contributors to global carbon fixation by accounting for over 40% of total oceanic primary production and dominate export production. They play a significant role in marine biogeochemistry cycle. The diatom mat deposits are results of vast diatoms bloom. By analysis of diatom mats in 136 degrees 00'-140 degrees 00'E, 15 degrees 00'-21 degrees 00'N, Eastern Philippines Sea, we identified the species of the diatoms as giant Ethmodiscus rex (Wallich) Hendey. AMS (14)C dating shows that the sediments rich in diatom mats occurred during 16000-28600 a B.P., which means the bloom mainly occurred during the last glacial period, while there are no diatom mat deposits in other layers. Preliminary analysis indicates that Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) expanded northward and brought silicate-rich water into the area, namely, silicon leakage processes caused the bloom of diatoms. In addition, the increase of iron input is one of the main reasons for the diatom bloom. VL - 54 IS - 23 N1 - id: 1928; PT: J; UT: WOS:000272622100036 JO - Vast laminated diatom mat deposits from the west low-latitude Pacific Ocean in the last glacial period ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Carbonate cycle and its control factors in Kuroshio source region during the last 190ka BP JF - Yanshi Xuebao = Acta Petrologica Sinica Y1 - 2008 A1 - Jingtao, Zhao A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Qingyun, Nan A1 - Li, Qing AB - Two deep sea cores (Ph05-5, 16.05 degrees N, 124.34 degrees E, water depth 3382m and WP3:22.15 degrees N, 122.95 degrees E, water depth 2700m) retrieved from the Kuroshio source region of the western Philippine Sea were selected to carry out the CaCO VL - 24 SN - 1000-0569, 1000-0569 IS - 6 N1 - id: 1934; NO: Source type: scholarlyjournals; Object type: Article; Copyright: GeoRef in Process, Copyright 2011, American Geosciences Institute. After editing and indexing, this record will be added to Georef.; CSAUnique: 577070-23; AccNum: 577070-23; ISSN: 1000-0569; Peer Reviewed: true ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evolution in upper water structure and paleoproductivity in the northern margin of the western pacific warm pool and its forcing mechanism during the last 190 ka B.P.-evidence from nannofossil, foraminifera and their isotope com position JF - Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica Y1 - 2008 A1 - Zhao, Jingtao A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Jiang, Bo VL - 39 IS - 4 N1 - id: 1932 JO - Evolution in upper water structure and paleoproductity in the northern margin of the western pacific warm pool and its forcing mechanism during the last 190 ka B.P.-evidence from nannofossil, foraminifera and their isotope com position ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Holocene paleotemperature record based on radiolaria from the northern Okinawa Trough (East China Sea) JF - Quaternary International Y1 - 2008 A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Zhuang, Lihua A1 - Yan, Jun AB - Using a radiolarian-based transfer function, mean annual sea surface temperature (SST) and seasonal temperature range are reconstructed through the last 10,500yrs in the northern Okinawa Trough. Down-core SST estimates reveal that throughout the Holocene the changes of mean annual SST display a three-step trend: (i) an early Holocene continuous warming between 10,500 and 8500yr BP which ends up with a abrupt cooling at about 8200yr BP; (ii) a relatively stable middle Holocene with high SST that lasted until 3200yr BP; and (iii) a late-Holocene distinct SST decline between 3200 and 500yr BP. This pattern is in agreement with the ice core and terrestrial paleoclimatic records in the Chinese continent and other regions of the world. Five cooling events with abrupt mean annual SST drops, which occur at similar to 300-600, 1400, 3100, 4600-5100 and 8200yr BP, are recognized during the last 10,500yrs. Comparison of our results with records of GISP2 ice core and marine sediment in North Atlantic region suggests these cooling events are strongly coupled, which implies a possible significant climatic correlation between high- and low-latitude areas. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. 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VL - 183 N1 - id: 1926; PT: J; UT: WOS:000257255700009 JO - A Holocene paleotemperature record based on radiolaria from the northern Okinawa Trough (East China Sea) ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Oxygen and carbon isotope records of calcareous nannofossils from the west Philippine Sea during the last 190ka JF - Earth Science.Journal of China University of Geoscience Y1 - 2008 A1 - Jingtao, Zhao A1 - Li, Tiegang A1 - Chang, Fengming A1 - Li, Jun KW - 02D KW - 24 KW - algae KW - biochemistry KW - C-13/C-12 KW - carbon KW - Cenozoic KW - Foraminifera KW - Geochemistry KW - Holocene KW - Invertebrata KW - Isotope geochemistry KW - isotope ratios KW - isotopes KW - Last glacial maximum KW - microfossils KW - nannofossils KW - north pacific KW - Northwest Pacific KW - O-18/O-16 KW - oxygen KW - Pacific Ocean KW - paleo-oceanography KW - Philippine Sea KW - Plantae KW - Pleistocene KW - productivity KW - Protista KW - Quaternary KW - Quaternary geology KW - Stable isotopes KW - upper Pleistocene KW - West Pacific AB - The piston core Ph05-5 recovered from the West Philippine Sea(16.049 degrees N, 124.344 degrees E, water depth 3382m) was used to study the delta (super 18) O and delta (super 13) C variations of calcareous nannofossils. The delta (super 18) O values of calcareous nannofossils were obviously lower in Holocene and the last interglaciation than those in the last and the penultimate glaciation. During the last 190 ka the nannofossil delta (super 18) O values were positively correlated with those of planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the same core. But the average delta (super 18) O value of nannofossils was 0.431X10 (super -3) , higher than that of planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides rubber, and was 0.410X10 (super -3) , lower than that of planktonic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina dutertrei. All the above three average delta (super 18) O values were much lower than those of benthic foraminifera Cibicides wullerstorfi. The change of nannofossil delta (super 13) C values showed similar trends with the absolute abundance of calcareous nannofossils in core Ph05-5, which also indicates the primary productivity variations in the West Philippine Sea. The primary productivity stayed at a stable but relatively low level at MIS 6 and MIS 5e.There was an abrupt rise at the beginning of MIS 5d for the primary productivity which retained high value until 25 ka BP. The primary productivity showed a slight decline during MIS 2 and MIS 1, but still higher than that of MIS 6 and MIS 5e. VL - 33 SN - 1000-2383, 1000-2383 IS - 2 N1 - id: 1933; NO: Source type: scholarlyjournals; Object type: Article; Copyright: GeoRef in Process, Copyright 2011, American Geosciences Institute. After editing and indexing, this record will be added to Georef.; CSAUnique: 570969-5; AccNum: 570969-5; ISSN: 1000-2383; Peer Reviewed: true ER -