Zhao, ChengLiu, ZhonghuiRohling, EelcoYu, ZichengLiu, WeiguoHe, YuxinZhao, YanChen, Fahu2015-12-130033-5894http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74522Arid Central Asia (ACA) lies on a major climatic boundary between the mid-latitude westerlies and the northwestern limit of the Asian summer monsoon, yet only a few high-quality reconstructions exist for its climate history. Here we calibrate a new organiKeywords: Alkenones; Asian summer monsoons; Central Asia; Climate variability; Geochemical proxies; Holocenes; Northern Tibetan plateaux; Temperature fluctuation; Climatology; Lakes; Atmospheric thermodynamics; climate feedback; climate variation; continental margi Alkenones; Arid Central Asia; Climate variability; Holocene201310.1016/j.yqres.2013.05.0012016-02-24