Vegetation pattern and succession from LGM to early Holocene in the eastern coastal zone of China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2025.110057

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	Vegetation pattern and succession from LGM to early Holocene in the eastern coastal zone of China
	Bai, Guangyi 1,2; Zhao, Keliang1,2 ; Wang, Jian 1; Lu, Lili 1; Li, Xiaoqiang1,2
	2026-01-15
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	752 页码:11
通讯作者	Zhao, Keliang(zhaokeliang@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	The eastern coastal zone of China plays a pivotal role in both terrestrial-marine ecosystem interactions and human subsistence in East Asia. During the deglaciation period from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, similar to 21ka BP) to the early Holocene, rapid sea-level rise significantly influenced coastal and shelf ecosystems. However, the vegetation ecological landscape across the exposed shelf during this transgression remains poorly constrained. In this study, we integrate pollen and sedimentary records from representative marine and terrestrial cores collected in the eastern coastal zone of China and apply the biomization method to reconstruct vegetation patterns during key periods (LGM, 15 ka BP, 12 ka BP, and 10 ka BP) from the LGM to the early Holocene. Additionally, we examine the potential mechanisms underlying vegetation shifts in the coastal zone. Our results show that during the LGM, the exposed Bohai and Yellow Sea shelf were primarily covered by steppe and meadow dominated by Artemisia and Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae), while the East China Sea shelf supported forest steppe to deciduous broadleaved forest. During the Last Deglaciation, the warmer climatic condition and rising sea level triggered a shift from terrestrial to marine deposition, driving a northward vegetation migration and the replacement of steppe by forest. Concurrently, sea-level fluctuation promoted the development of azonal vegetation in coastal zone. By the early Holocene, vegetation diversity increased, with steppe and meadow re-expanding along the Bohai and Yellow Sea coast, while the East China Sea coast became dominated by mixed deciduous-evergreen broadleaved forest. Our findings offer a scientific framework for predicting coastal ecosystem responses to future warming and illuminate the ecological context of human activities during periods of shelf exposure.
关键词	Bohai sea Yellow sea East China sea Continental shelf Pollen Last Deglaciation
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2025.110057
关键词[WOS]	LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES ; POLLEN RECORD ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; JEJU ISLAND ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ; SHANDONG PENINSULA ; OKINAWA TROUGH ; SOUTH-KOREA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[T2192952]###2636
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001628819400001
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25190
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhao, Keliang
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bai, Guangyi,Zhao, Keliang,Wang, Jian,et al. Vegetation pattern and succession from LGM to early Holocene in the eastern coastal zone of China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2026,752:11.
APA	Bai, Guangyi,Zhao, Keliang,Wang, Jian,Lu, Lili,&Li, Xiaoqiang.(2026).Vegetation pattern and succession from LGM to early Holocene in the eastern coastal zone of China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,752,11.
MLA	Bai, Guangyi,et al."Vegetation pattern and succession from LGM to early Holocene in the eastern coastal zone of China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 752(2026):11.