Fig. 1: Climate sub-systems across Asia, description and age model of the Charyn Canyon sequence.
From: Central Asian modulation of Northern Hemisphere moisture transfer over the Late Cenozoic
a Main climate sub-systems across Asia. Red star: Charyn Canyon (CC). Seasonal positions of the upper atmosphere polar front are modified from ref. 42, blue arrows represent the northerly component to surface winds associated with the Siberian High (Sib.H)43. The map was constructed using Generic Mapping Tools80. b Age model for Charyn Canyon (Methods). Composite stratigraphy of Charyn Canyon with (L-R) in-parallel magnetic susceptibility (MS, adimentional, blue line and moving average, red line); latitude of the virtual geomagnetic polar (VGP); magnetostratigraphy; age model (dark blue, Methods) based on palaeomagnetism and 238U−206Pb data (light blue). Bk: limited amount of primary carbonate mottling, Bkk: carbonate nodules (3−5 cm), and Bkkm: massive carbonate layer (caliche). Black points represent the stratigraphic position of palaeomagnetic samples. Facies descriptions are reported in Supplementary Note 1.
