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Main Authors: Ahlborn, Marieke, Haberzettl, Torsten, Wang, Junbo, Henkel, Karoline, Kasper, Thomas, Daut, Gerhard, Zhu, Liping, Mäusbacher, Roland
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Published: PANGAEA 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.869940
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author Ahlborn, Marieke
Haberzettl, Torsten
Wang, Junbo
Henkel, Karoline
Kasper, Thomas
Daut, Gerhard
Zhu, Liping
Mäusbacher, Roland
author_facet Ahlborn, Marieke
Haberzettl, Torsten
Wang, Junbo
Henkel, Karoline
Kasper, Thomas
Daut, Gerhard
Zhu, Liping
Mäusbacher, Roland
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents A possible asynchronicity of the spatial and temporal moisture availability on the Tibetan Plateau was controversially discussed in recent years. Here we present the first attempt to systematically investigate possible spatial and temporal variations of moisture availability by examining two lakes, Tangra Yumco and Nam Co, on an east-west-transect on the southern Tibetan Plateau using identical proxies for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. In this study, an independent record from Tangra Yumco was analyzed applying a multi-proxy approach to reconstruct variations in moisture availability since the Lateglacial. Results were subsequently compared to previously published records from Nam Co and additional records from Tso Moriri (northwestern Himalaya) and Naleng Co (south-eastern Tibetan Plateau). Our results show that Tangra Yumco was at least partially ice-covered prior to 17.1 cal. ka BP. A temperature rise after 17.1 cal. ka BP probably resulted in thawing of the permafrost. At 16.0 cal. ka BP moisture availability increased representing an initial monsoonal intensification. Warmer conditions between 13.0 and 12.4 cal. ka BP and cooler conditions between 12.4 cal. ka BP and the onset of the Holocene reflect the Bølling-Allerød and Younger Dryas. At the onset of the Holocene moisture availability rapidly increased, while moisture was highest prior to 8.5 cal. ka BP concurrently with highest temperatures. After 8.5 cal. ka BP the moisture availability gradually decreased and showed only minor amplitude variations. These findings are well in phase with the records from other large lakes likes Nam Co, Tso Moriri, and Naleng Co revealing a synchronous pattern of moisture availability on the southern Tibetan Plateau.
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spellingShingle Geochemistry and grain size analysis of the Tangra Yumco lake sediment record
Ahlborn, Marieke
Haberzettl, Torsten
Wang, Junbo
Henkel, Karoline
Kasper, Thomas
Daut, Gerhard
Zhu, Liping
Mäusbacher, Roland

A possible asynchronicity of the spatial and temporal moisture availability on the Tibetan Plateau was controversially discussed in recent years. Here we present the first attempt to systematically investigate possible spatial and temporal variations of moisture availability by examining two lakes, Tangra Yumco and Nam Co, on an east-west-transect on the southern Tibetan Plateau using identical proxies for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. In this study, an independent record from Tangra Yumco was analyzed applying a multi-proxy approach to reconstruct variations in moisture availability since the Lateglacial. Results were subsequently compared to previously published records from Nam Co and additional records from Tso Moriri (northwestern Himalaya) and Naleng Co (south-eastern Tibetan Plateau). Our results show that Tangra Yumco was at least partially ice-covered prior to 17.1 cal. ka BP. A temperature rise after 17.1 cal. ka BP probably resulted in thawing of the permafrost. At 16.0 cal. ka BP moisture availability increased representing an initial monsoonal intensification. Warmer conditions between 13.0 and 12.4 cal. ka BP and cooler conditions between 12.4 cal. ka BP and the onset of the Holocene reflect the Bølling-Allerød and Younger Dryas. At the onset of the Holocene moisture availability rapidly increased, while moisture was highest prior to 8.5 cal. ka BP concurrently with highest temperatures. After 8.5 cal. ka BP the moisture availability gradually decreased and showed only minor amplitude variations. These findings are well in phase with the records from other large lakes likes Nam Co, Tso Moriri, and Naleng Co revealing a synchronous pattern of moisture availability on the southern Tibetan Plateau.
title Geochemistry and grain size analysis of the Tangra Yumco lake sediment record
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url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.869940