Mega-lakes in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau formed by melting glaciers during the last deglacial

S Zhang, H Zhao, Y Sheng, J Zhang, J Zhang… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid lake expansions along with intensive glacier loss in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) in recent
decades indicate an enhanced hydrological circulation. Well-preserved paleo-shorelines up …

Precipitation dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau during the Late Quaternary–Hydroclimatic sedimentary proxies versus lake level variability

T Kasper, J Wang, A Schwalb, G Daut… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two of the largest and deepest endorheic lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, Nam Co and Tangra
Yumco, were targeted to infer Late Quaternary (24 ka) responses of their hydrological …

Asynchronous hydroclimate changes across the Tibetan Plateau during Marine Isotope Stage 5

Y Hou, H Long, J Zhang, G Dai, Z Zhang - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is currently experiencing rapid warming, which has been
associated with an increase in atmospheric water vapor, contributing to the replenishment of …

Holocene millennial lake-level fluctuations of Lake Nam Co in Tibet using OSL dating of shorelines

C Huang, L Yu, Z Lai - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decades, most Tibetan lakes experienced large-scale rises in response to current
global warming, conflicting with the limited amplitudes and gradual fluctuation in shoreline …

Timing of Holocene lake highstands around Dawa Co in inner Tibetan Plateau: Comparison of quartz and feldspar luminescence dating with radiocarbon age

Y Feng, Y Hou, J Zhang, N Yang, Y Cai, F Yang… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lakes over the inner Tibetan Plateau (TP) are very sensitive to the regional environmental
transformations and climate changes. Well-preserved lake sediments around these lakes …

Climatic controls on travertine deposition in southern Tibet during the late Quaternary

Z Wang, JJ Yin, H Cheng, Y Ning, MC Meyer - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large volumes of travertine deposits are preserved at hydrothermal spring sites on the
Tibetan Plateau (TP). Yet, most of these deposits are under-researched with respect to their …

Dating of the late Quaternary high lake levels in the Jilantai area, northwestern China, using optical luminescence of quartz and K-feldspar

Y Fan, Z Li, Q Cai, G Yang, Q Zhang, H Zhao… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
High lake levels were developed in wide areas of western China during the late Quaternary
as revealed by an increasing number of studies on dating shorelines; however, whether the …

Fluvial entrenchment of the Gonghe Basin and integration of the upper Yellow River-Evidence from the cosmogenically dated geomorphic surfaces

Q Su, X Wang, D Yuan, H Xie, H Li, X Huang - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
The geomorphic evolution of the Yellow River, especially its upper reach, contains critical
information on the tectonic activity and climatic change within and around the northeastern …

New dating indicates intermittent human occupation of the Nwya Devu Paleolithic site on the high-altitude central Tibetan Plateau during the past 45,000 years

J Ge, X Zhang, S Wang, L Li, W He, Y Jin… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The timing and mechanisms of the human occupation of the demanding high-altitude
Tibetan Plateau environment are of great interest. Here, we report on our reinvestigations …

Lake level changes of Nam Co since 25 ka as revealed by OSL dating of paleo-shorelines

L Huang, Y Chen, Y Wu, T Zeng, G Wei - Quaternary Geochronology, 2022 - Elsevier
Many lakes in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) experienced dramatic lake level changes in the late
Quaternary, as suggested by well-preserved paleo-shorelines up to∼ 200 m above present …