Research on geologic records of dust composition, sources and flux is important for understanding the role of dust in planetary radiation balance, nutrient addition to the oceans, and carbon cycle, and for paleoclimatic reconstructions. As the second largest dust region among the world, Asia delivered the most of the dust moving eastward to the West Pacific by the East Asian winter monsoon and Westerly jet. Previous studies about eolian records in the West Pacific focus mainly on the glacial-interglacial timescale. Especially, research about the provenance and flux of eolian dust to the West Philippine Sea and equatorial Pacific since the late Quaternary, and the long-term Asian eolian deposition in the Japan Sea since the Miocene, and its forcing mechanism have achieved great progress. At least on the glacial-interglacial timescale since the late Quaternary, on the global-scale from the high-latitude to equatorial, and even to Antarctic, eolian fluxes were 23 times higher during a glacial time than an interglacial period. A dustier Earth during glacial periods is likely due to greater aridity in the source region, less vegetation, and stronger winds. Since the Cenozoic, the long-term eolian flux to the West Pacific reflects a stepwise drying in Asian inland, which in turn was controlled by the combined effect of Tibetan uplift and global cooling. However, the research degree of eolian deposition in the West Pacific actually was very low. In the future, it is suggested to strengthen the studies, especially in the areas of 1. continuous observation on eolian dust transport and deposition processes from source to sink; 2. unbiased quantitative estimates of the content and flux of true eolian dust in the marine record; and 3. the evolution, forcing mechanism, and nutritional effect of eolian dust to the West Pacific on long-term timescale since the Cenozoic.