@article {2842,
	title = {Mid-late Holocene rainfall variation in Taiwan: A high-resolution multi-proxy record unravels the dual influence of the Asian monsoon and ENSO},
	journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology},
	volume = {516},
	year = {2019},
	month = {Jan-02-2019},
	pages = {139 - 151},
	abstract = {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{\textendash}6600, 1090{\textendash}880 and 490{\textendash}190 cal. yr BP. These centennial time scale rainfall variations in our records are linked to the intensity of El-Ni{\~n}o Southern Oscillations.},
	keywords = {C/N ratio, Fern spore, La Ni{\~n}a, Okinawa Trough, tropical cyclone},
	issn = {00310182},
	doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.026},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018218303444},
	author = {Chen, Jinxia and Li, Tiegang and Nan, Qingyun and Shi, Xuefa and Liu, Yanguang and Jiang, Bo and Zou, Jianjun and Selvaraj, Kandasamy and Li, Dongling and Li, ChuanShun}
}
@article {520,
	title = {Sedimentation rates and provenance analysis in the Southwestern Okinawa Trough since the mid-Holocene},
	journal = {Chinese Science Bulletin},
	volume = {54},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1930; PT: J; UT: WOS:000264842600017},
	pages = {1234-1242},
	abstract = {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},
	issn = {1001-6538},
	doi = {10.1007/s11434-009-0010-0},
	author = {Li, ChuanShun and Jiang, Bo and Li, Anchun and Li, Tiegang and Jiang, FuQing}
}
