EARLY PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE IN WESTERN ARID CENTRAL ASIA INFERRED FROM LOESS-PALAEOSOL SEQUENCES IN NORTH IRAN

Xin Wang1, Haitao Wei2, Farhad Khormali3, Mehdi Taheri3, Guzel Danukalova4 and Fahu Chen5, (1)Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Lanzhou, China, (2)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (3)Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran, (4)Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, (5)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Lab of Western China's Environmental System, Lanzhou, China