Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review

F Cheng, M Jolivet, Z Guo, L Wang, C Zhang, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, the Qaidam basin preserves over 10 km
thick of Cenozoic sediments. Those sediments represent a unique archive of the evolution of …

Grassy ecosystems in the Anthropocene

N Stevens, W Bond, A Feurdean… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
As the Anthropocene advances, there are few parts of Earth that have not been impacted by
human influence. Humans have had a long-sustained interaction with grassy ecosystems …

Holocene wildfire on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau–witness of abrupt millennial timescale climate events

Y Hao, Y Han, P Shu, J Zhao, Z Zhang, Z An - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As the latest interglacial, the Holocene is an ideal period to determine wildfire activity during
abrupt climate events, which can help elucidate the connection between wildfire occurrence …

Microcharcoals Reveal More Grass Than Trees During the Mid‐Holocene Optimum on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Z Wang, Y Miao, Y Zou, Y Zhao, W Han… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microcharcoal morphology, which changes with biofuel type in the wildfire, can be used as
an index for wildfire history and vegetation evolution. Here, five loess sites across the …

Tectonic and climatic forcing of chemical weathering intensity in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the middle Miocene

H Fu, X Jian, H Liang, W Zhang, X Shen, L Wang - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemical weathering of continental silicates is a crucial geological process in regulating
Earth's long-term climate and participating in global carbon cycle. The increasing aridity and …

A critical appraisal of charcoal morphometry as a paleofire fuel type proxy

RS Vachula, J Sae-Lim, R Li - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire is an important disturbance mechanism that can alter ecosystems and catalyze
vegetation changes. Paleofire records provide a means of inferring how ecosystems will be …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative studies on charcoalification: Physical and chemical changes of charring wood

G Li, L Gao, F Liu, M Qiu, G Dong - Fundamental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Charcoal is commonly preserved in both natural and artificial sediments, and is intensively
used in paleontological, paleoenvironmental, and archaeological studies due to the …

Miocene C4 Grassland Expansion as Recorded by the Indus Fan

SJ Feakins, HM Liddy, L Tauxe, V Galy… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the late Miocene, grasslands spread across the forested floodplains of the Himalayan
foreland, but the causes of the ecological transition are still debated. Recent seafloor drilling …

柴达木盆地北缘湖泊表层沉积物炭屑特征及其环境意义

王梓莎, 苗运法, 赵永涛, 李芳, 雷艳, 向明星, 邹亚国 - 中国沙漠, 2020 - desert.ac.cn
沉积物中的炭屑在探讨火(灾) 的基本特征及其与植被和人类活动关系方面具有重要意义.
采用孢粉学提取方法, 对柴达木盆地北缘的湖泊表层沉积物进行了微体炭屑的分析工作 …

Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of Cenozoic deposits in the Qaidam basin, northern Tibetan plateau: an overview with new data, implications and …

X Jian, P Guan, L Fu, W Zhang, X Shen, H Fu… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
An increasing number of detrital zircon U–Pb geochronological data have been reported to
trace sediment provenance for the Cenozoic Qaidam basin, which is crucial to …