Evolution of Chaka salt lake during the last 16000 years and its response to climatic change

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 845-849

  Liu, Xingqi ^a   Wang, Yongbo ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a   Wang, Sumin ^a   Yang, Bo ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Chaka salt lake; Climatic change; Mineral composition; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAKE WATER; LATE GLACIAL; NITROGEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINE LAKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CAKA SALT LAKE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

EID: 34548074129     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Chinese source.
2. Chinese source.
3. Chinese source.
4. Chinese source.
5. Chinese source.
6. Chinese source.
7. Chinese source.
8. Chinese source.
9. Chinese source.
10. Chinese source.
11. Chinese source.
12. Chinese source.
13. Chinese source.
14. Bowler J M, Huang Q, Chen K Z, Head M J, Yuan B Y. 1986. Radiocarbon dating of Playa-Lake hydrologic changes: Examples from Northwestern China and central Australia. Palaeogeogra., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 54. 241-260.
15. Chivas A R, Toegersen T, Bowler J M. 1986. Palaeoenvironments of salt lakes. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 54:1-328.
16. Chung F H. 1974. Quantitative interpretation of X-ray diffraction patterns of mixtures. II. Adiabatic principle of X-ray diffraction analysis of mixtures. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 7: 526-531.
17. COHMAP Members. 1988. Climatic changes of the last 18,000 years: observations and model simulations. Science, 241:1043-1052.
18. Feng Z D, Wang W G, Guo L L, Khosbayar P, Narantsetseg T, Julld A J T. 2005. Lacustrine and eolian records of Holocene climate changes in the Mongolian Plateau: preliminary results. Quaternary International, 136: 25-32.
19. Gasse F, Arnold M, Fontes J C, Fort M, Gibert E, Huc A, Li B Y, Li Y F, Liu Q, MeHlieres F, Van Campo E, Wang F B, Zhang Q S. 1991. A 13,000-Year climate record from western Tibet. Nature, 353: 742-745.
20. Gasse F, Fontes J C, van Campo E, Wei K. 1996. Holocene environmental changes in Bangong Co basin (Western Tibet): 4. Discussions and conclusions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeaecology, 120: 79-92.
21. Grunert J, Lehmkuhlb K, Walther M. 2000, Paleoclimatic evolution of the Uvs Nuur basin and adjacent areas (Western Mongolia). Quaternary International, 65/66: 171-192.
22. Harrison S P, Yu G, Tarasov P E. 1996. Late Quaternary lake-level record from northern Eurasia. Quaternary Research, 45: 138-159.
23. Herzschuh U. 2006. Palaeo-moisture evolution in monsoonal Central Asia during the last 50,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25:163-178.
24. Kashiwaya K, Masuzawa T, Morinaga H, Yaskawa K, Yuan B, Liu J, Gu Z. 1995. Changes in hydrological conditions in the central Qing-Zang (Tibetan) Plateau inferred from lake bottom sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 135, 31-39.
25. Last W M, Slezak L A. 1988. The salt. takes of western Canada: a paleolimnological overview. Hydrobiol. 158:301-316.
26. Liu X Q, Shen J, Wang S M, Yang X D, Tong G B, Zhang E L. 2002. A 16000-year pollen record of Qinghai Lake and its paleoclimate and paleoenvironment. Chinese Science Bulletin, 47 (22): 1931-1937.
27. Morrill C, Overpeck J T, Cole J E, Liu K B, Shen C M, Tang L Y, 2006. Holocene variations in the Asian monsoon inferred from the geochemistry of take sediments in central Tibet. Quaternary Research, 65(2): 232-243.
28. Overpeck J, Anderson D, Trumbore S, Prell W. 1996. The southwest Indian Monsoon over the last 18,000 years. Climate Dynamics, 12: 213-225.
29. Shen J, Liu X Q, Wang S M, Matsumoto R. 2005. Palaeoclimatic changes in the Qinghai Lake area during the last 18,000 years. Quaternary International, 136: 131-140.
30. Sirocko F, Sarntheim M, Erlenkeuser H, Lange H, Arnold M, Duplessy J C. 1993. Century-scale events in monsoonal climate over the past 24,000 years. Nature, 364: 322-324.
31. Smith G I. 1979. Subsurface stratigraphy and geochemistry of late Quaternary evaporates, Searles Lake, California, U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 1043, 130.
32. Spencer R J, Eugster H P, Jones B F. 1985. Geochemistry of Great Salt Lake, Utah. II, Pleistocene - Holocene evolution. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acts, 49:739-747.
33. Tarasov P E, Harrison S P. 1998. Lake status records from the former Soviet Union and Mongolia: a continental-scale synthesis. Palaeoklimaforschung, 25:115-130.
34. Tarasov P E. 1996. Lake Status Records from the Former Soviet Union and Mongolia: Documentation of the Second Version of the Database. World Data Center - A for Paleoclimatology, Boulder, Colorado.
35. Torgersen T, De deckker P, Chivas A R, Bowler J M. 1986. Salt lakes: a discussion of processes influencing palaeoenvironmental interpretation and recommendations for future study. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 54:7-9.