Late Quaternary glacial history of the Altyn Tagh Range, northern Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Dong, Guocheng, Yi, Chaolu, Zhou, Weijian, Xu, Xiangke, Fu, Yunchong
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2021
• Subjects: Last glacial; Cosmogenic dating; Moraine chronology; Paleoclimate; Mid-latitude westerlies; BE-10 SURFACE EXPOSURE; LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS; NUCLIDE PRODUCTION-RATES; EASTERN TIAN-SHAN; SHALULI SHAN; CLIMATIC DRIVERS; COSMOGENIC BE-10; KANAS VALLEY; DOME-C; MOUNTAINS; Physical Geography; Geology; Paleontology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Altyn; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/16894; http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/16895; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110561

Quantifying the timing and extent of late Quaternary glaciations across the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is critical to understanding regional and global climate changes. Despite significant advancements in our knowledge of glacial histories of the TP over the past several decades, chronological constraints...