Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China
Abstract Multiple lines of stratigraphic, geochemical, and fossil data suggest that fresh-mesohaline paleolakes were widespread in the Tengger Desert of northwestern China and underwent major fluctuations during the late Pleistocene. The paleolakes started to develop at ca. 42,000 14 C yr B.P. The l...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1006/qres.2002.2357 2024-06-09T07:48:12+00:00 Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China Zhang, Hucai Wünnemann, Bernd Ma, Yuzhen Peng, Jinlan Pachur, Hans-J. Li, Jijun Qi, Yuan Chen, Guangjie Fang, Hongbing Feng, Zhaodong 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2002.2357 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589402923574?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589402923574?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400011170 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 58, issue 1, page 62-72 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2002 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.2002.2357 2024-05-15T13:09:39Z Abstract Multiple lines of stratigraphic, geochemical, and fossil data suggest that fresh-mesohaline paleolakes were widespread in the Tengger Desert of northwestern China and underwent major fluctuations during the late Pleistocene. The paleolakes started to develop at ca. 42,000 14 C yr B.P. The lake levels were the highest between 35,000 and 22,000 14 C yr B.P., during which Megalake Tengger dominated the landscape. The climatic conditions at this time were unique for this area and have no modern analogue. After an episode of decline between 22,000 and 20,000 14 C yr B.P. and an episode of rebound between 20,000 and 18,600 14 C yr B.P., the paleolakes started to desiccate and completely disappeared around 18,000 14 C yr B.P. The environmental proxy data indicate that the Megalake Tengger formed under warm–humid climates. The reconstructed climatic variations appear to be correlative with the abrupt climatic events reconstructed for the North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 58 1 62 72 |
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Abstract Multiple lines of stratigraphic, geochemical, and fossil data suggest that fresh-mesohaline paleolakes were widespread in the Tengger Desert of northwestern China and underwent major fluctuations during the late Pleistocene. The paleolakes started to develop at ca. 42,000 14 C yr B.P. The lake levels were the highest between 35,000 and 22,000 14 C yr B.P., during which Megalake Tengger dominated the landscape. The climatic conditions at this time were unique for this area and have no modern analogue. After an episode of decline between 22,000 and 20,000 14 C yr B.P. and an episode of rebound between 20,000 and 18,600 14 C yr B.P., the paleolakes started to desiccate and completely disappeared around 18,000 14 C yr B.P. The environmental proxy data indicate that the Megalake Tengger formed under warm–humid climates. The reconstructed climatic variations appear to be correlative with the abrupt climatic events reconstructed for the North Atlantic. |
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Zhang, Hucai Wünnemann, Bernd Ma, Yuzhen Peng, Jinlan Pachur, Hans-J. Li, Jijun Qi, Yuan Chen, Guangjie Fang, Hongbing Feng, Zhaodong Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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Lake Level and Climate Changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China |
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lake level and climate changes between 42,000 and 18,000 14 c yr b.p. in the tengger desert, northwestern china |
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