(Table 1) Element concentrations in detrital sediments of ODP Site 184-1148

The chemical index of alteration (CIA) and elemental ratios that are sensitive to chemical weathering, such as Ca/Ti, Na/Ti, Al/Ti, Al/Na, Al/K, and La/Sm, were analyzed for detrital sediments at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1148 from the northern South China Sea to reveal information of chemical weathering in the source regions during the early Miocene. High CIA values of ~80, coupled with high Al/Ti and Al/Na and low Na/Ti and Ca/Ti, are observed for the sediments at ~23 Ma, indicating a high chemical weathering intensity in the north source region, i.e., south China. This was followed by gradual decreases in Al/Ti, Al/Na, La/Sm, and Al/K ratios, as well as the CIA values, and increases in Ca/Ti and Na/Ti ratios. These records together with other paleoclimate proxies, such as black carbon d13C and benthic foraminifer d18O, give reliable information on the climate changes in south China. Our results show that the climate in south China was warm and humid in the early Miocene (~23 Ma) according to the chemical weathering records. The humidity in south China decreased from the early Miocene to Present with several fluctuations centering at approximately 15.7 Ma, 8.4 Ma, and 2.5 Ma, coincident with the global cooling since the middle Miocene. These climate changes implied that the summer east Asian monsoon has dramatically affected south China in the early Miocene, whereas the influence of the summer monsoon on this region has decreased continuously since that time, probably because of the intensification of the winter monsoon. Such an evolution for the east Asian monsoon is different from that for the Indian monsoon.

Paleoclimate reconstruction from Miocene macroflora in Kazakhstan compiled from various publications

25 datasets (13 fossil leaf and pollen assemblages, 12 quantitative palaeoclimatic datasets) are provided in order to analyse Early Miocene palaeoclimate in Kazakhstan. The rich fossil record in Kazakhstan documents that during the Oligocene and Early Miocene this area in Central Eurasia was densely forested with warm-temperate deciduous trees and shrubs of the so-called "Turgayan flora". 29 fossil floras from 13 localities have been selected for a quantitative analysis of the Aquitanian (early Early Miocene) climate situation in Kazakhstan. The assessed mean annual temperatures generally place around 15 °C, while values of mean annual precipitation are of about 1000 mm. In combination with several other climate parameters estimated (temperatures of warmest and coldest months, precipitation rates of wettest, driest and warmest months), these data reflect uniform climatic conditions over several thousands of square kilometres. Data of temperature parameters show slight spatial differentiations, with generally cooler mean annual temperatures and higher seasonality (i.e. warmer summers and colder winters) in the north-eastern part of the study area compared with the south-western area around Lake Aral. As compared with palaeoclimate estimates for the European and East Asian Aquitanian, the central part of the Eurasian continent reveals evident signals of higher seasonality and slightly increased continentality.

The Tsungli yamen : its organization and functions.

Bibliography: p. 133-140.

Dangi shōshinroku /

Includes: Eishōin Nichikan Shōnin ryakuden at end.

Ogura sanjū rokkasen : zen issatsu /

On double leaves, traditional East Asian style (fukurotoji).

Ōedo kabuki yakusha genzai shitei keizu /

Introduction written by Ichikawa Ebizō.

Himuro ; Zegai ; Bashō ; Hyakuman ; Funa Benkei /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Kōu ; Hashibenkei ; Kumasaka ; Kogō ; Nomori /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Takasago ; Tamura ; Eguchi ; Hanjo ; Ukai /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Ichikawa Yaozō katami no utsushie /

On double leaves, traditional East Asian style (fukurotoji).

Edo no hanakatsuo : kan.

On double leaves, traditional East Asian style (fukurotoji).

Arashiyama ; Shōzon ; Makiginu ; Kagetsu ; Shōki /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Aridōshi ; Tadanori ; Yuya ; Yugyōyanagi ; Fujito /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Hōjōgawa ; Suma Genji ; Kochō ; Matsumushi ; Ikkaku sennin /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.

Kinsatsu ; Ōeyama ; Iwafune ; Tomoakira ; Shunzei Tadanori /

"Meiji 32-nen... shuppan ontodokezumi"--Colophon.