Asian Dust, Eolian Iron and Black Carbon—Connections to Climate Changes

This chapter focuses on the aridification of the Asian interior during the Late Cenozoic, with an emphasis on modern dust and black carbon, and examines global iron connections which originate from dust derived from the arid interior of Asia. The modern formation of Asian dust, the connection of black carbon, paleofires and climate change, and relationships among dust, global iron cycles, marine productivity and climate change were discussed. The aridification history of the Asian interior were reconstructed from Chinese loess record.