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Aridity Reconstruction

Aridity Reconstruction is a paleoclimatic method that quantifies past aridity conditions by integrating proxy data with climatological models to infer temporal and spatial variations in dryness beyond the instrumental record.

919

Publications

74.8K

Citations

3.3K

Authors

1.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

251

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Publications

919

Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China

Zhengtang Guo, William F Ruddiman, Qingzhen Hao et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.8K citations

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Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period:

Peter B deMenocal, Joseph D. Ortiz, Jess F. Adkins et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2000 · 1.7K citations

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Long-Term Aridity Changes in the Western United States

Edward R. Cook, Connie A. Woodhouse, C. Mark Eakin et al. · Science · 2004 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa's Evolution

Rudolph Kuper, Stefan Kröpelin · Science · 2006 · 908 citations

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The paleoclimatic record provided by eolian deposition in the deep sea: The geologic history of wind

David K. Rea · Reviews of Geophysics · 1994 · 898 citations

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Authors

3.3K

  1. JS
    Jimin Sun

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

    h-index

  2. FC
    Fahu Chen

    Lanzhou University, China

    11 publications · 1K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. ZA
    Zhisheng An

    Institute of Earth Environment, China

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

    10

    h-index

  4. XF
    Xiaomin Fang

    Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

    10

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  5. DS
    David S.G. Thomas

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 916 citations

    10

    h-index

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    50 h-index

    395 publications

    52K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    171 publications

    22.4K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    33 h-index

    87 publications

    17.4K citations

  4. Institute of Earth Environment

    Xi'an, China

    27 h-index

    124 publications

    13.3K citations

  5. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    96 publications

    28.5K citations

  6. Lanzhou University

    Lanzhou, China

    27 h-index

    167 publications

    13.9K citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    22 h-index

    38 publications

    4.1K citations

  8. Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    2.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Quaternary Research

    QR · 59 publications · 4.9K citations

    40

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  2. Quaternary Science Reviews

    63 publications · 6K citations

    40

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  3. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    68 publications · 5.2K citations

    39

    h-index

  4. Quaternary International

    38 publications · 2K citations

    27

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  5. Global and Planetary Change

    23 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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