Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 9 has been proposed as an analog for the present warm period. However, detailed studies of this geological time period are rare in loess-paleosol sequence. In the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), the corresponding stratum is the third paleosol layer (S3). Here, we report the terrestrial reconstruction of climatic fluctuations during MIS 9 by analyzing the paleo-climate indexes of S3 with high sampling density. Our results showed that: (1) During the period of MIS 9, the main climatic sub-cycle was 29 ka; (2) MIS 9 could be divided into five sections, MIS 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d,...
