[HTML][HTML] The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands–Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia …

G Miehe, PM Schleuss, E Seeber, W Babel… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract With 450,000 km 2 Kobresia (syn. Carex) pygmaea dominated pastures in the
eastern Tibetan highlands are the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem forming a …

Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects

F Chen, B Fu, J Xia, D Wu, S Wu, Y Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
The natural environment provides material essentials for human survival and development.
The characteristics, processes, regional differentiation and forcing mechanisms of the …

[PDF][PDF] 近70 年来中国自然地理与生存环境基础研究的重要进展与展望

陈发虎, 傅伯杰, 夏军, 吴铎, 吴绍洪, 张镱锂… - 中国科学: 地球 …, 2019 - researchgate.net
摘要自然环境是人类赖以生存和发展的基础, 探索自然环境及其各要素(如地貌, 气候, 水文,
土壤等) 的特征, 演变过程, 地域分异规律以及驱动机制是自然地理学的重点研究内容 …

Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 BP

FH Chen, GH Dong, DJ Zhang, XY Liu, X Jia, CB An… - science, 2015 - science.org
Our understanding of when and how humans adapted to living on the Tibetan Plateau at
altitudes above 2000 to 3000 meters has been constrained by a paucity of archaeological …

The earliest human occupation of the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau 40 thousand to 30 thousand years ago

XL Zhang, BB Ha, SJ Wang, ZJ Chen, JY Ge, H Long… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The Tibetan Plateau is the highest and one of the most demanding environments ever
inhabited by humans. We investigated the timing and mechanisms of its initial colonization …

[图书][B] Travertine

A Pentecost - 2005 - books.google.com
uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a 'petrifying spring'near Plaxtol in Kent
Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having …

King of the mountains: Tibetan and Sherpa physiological adaptations for life at high altitude

ET Gilbert-Kawai, JS Milledge, MPW Grocott… - …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Anecdotal evidence surrounding Tibetans' and Sherpas' exceptional tolerance to hypobaric
hypoxia has been recorded since the beginning of high-altitude exploration. These …

Genetic evidence of paleolithic colonization and neolithic expansion of modern humans on the tibetan plateau

X Qi, C Cui, Y Peng, X Zhang, Z Yang… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Tibetans live on the highest plateau in the world, their current population size is
approximately 5 million, and most of them live at an altitude exceeding 3,500 m. Therefore …

Mitochondrial genome evidence reveals successful Late Paleolithic settlement on the Tibetan Plateau

M Zhao, QP Kong, HW Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Due to its numerous environmental extremes, the Tibetan Plateau—the world's highest
plateau—is one of the most challenging areas of modern human settlement. Archaeological …

Prehistoric demographic fluctuations in China inferred from radiocarbon data and their linkage with climate change over the past 50,000 years

C Wang, H Lu, J Zhang, Z Gu, K He - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Historic human–climate interactions have been of interest to scholars for a long time.
However, exploring the long-term relation between prehistoric demography and climate …