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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 4, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045204
关键词
Selin Co; beach ridges; Tibetan Plateau; OSL dating; MIS
资金
- Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC) [40771029, 40971013, 40730101]
- Research Board of the University of Missouri [RB 0750]
This paper presents a preliminary study on lake-level fluctuations since the Last Glaciation in Selin Co (lake), Central Tibet, by dating four groups of beach ridges using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). The highest/oldest beach ridge group (>100 m higher than the current lake level) is dated back to 67.9 +/- 2.4 ka BP, corresponding to the early stage of the Last Glaciation (marine isotope stage (MIS) 4). This date further supports that no plateau-scale ice sheet covered the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Glaciation. The other three groups produce OSL ages of 30.4 +/- 2.9 to 18.6 +/- 1.7, 12.5 +/- 1.6 to 9.2 +/- 0.5, and 6.9 +/- 0.2 ka BP respectively, most likely corresponding to cold or wet climate periods of the late stage of the Last Glaciation (MIS 2), deglaciation, and Holocene Hypsithermal. On the plateau scale, these four beach ridge groups are almost synchronous with advances or standstills of Himalayan glaciers, indicating similar climate controls across the central and southern Tibetan Plateau, and being consistent with the conclusion, obtained from nearby ice core records, that this area is affected by the South Asia monsoon. Furthermore, beach ridges are also synchronous with fluvial terraces in the northern Tibetan Plateau, implying common driving forces during their formation. Therefore, some terraces may be formed as a result of climate events rather than being of tectonic origin.
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