Aeolian sediments in the eastern Qinghai Lake region,China serve as sensitive paleoclimate archives,offering an ideal window into past environmental conditions.This study investigated the Dashuitang(QDST)profile in th...Aeolian sediments in the eastern Qinghai Lake region,China serve as sensitive paleoclimate archives,offering an ideal window into past environmental conditions.This study investigated the Dashuitang(QDST)profile in the eastern Qinghai Lake region by integrating sediment grain size,chroma,and magnetic susceptibility(MS)proxies to reconstruct the regional environmental evolution since the Last Glacial Interstadial and to investigate its relationship with the water level fluctuations of Qinghai Lake.Grain size end-member modeling analysis(EMMA)identified three end-members:end-member 1(EM1)represented fine-grained material transported over longer distances through mixing processes,which could reveal the regional moisture conditions;end-member 2(EM2)primarily consisted of coarse-grained material from nearby sources transported via saltation or creep,indicating the intensity of the winter monsoon;and end-member 3(EM3)mainly reflected deposition from dust storm events controlled by regional low-altitude wind systems.In addition,the regional environmental sequence demonstrated coherence with other records,collectively elucidating the sub-orbital-scale dynamics of the Asian monsoon.The environmental sequence was divided into four principal phases on the basis of sedimentary characteristics and climatic responses:the late Last Glacial Interstadial,Last Glacial Maximum,Last Deglaciation,and Holocene phases.Additionally,the results of this study revealed that there is a close linkage between desertification and lake evolution in the eastern Qinghai Lake region.Since the Last Glacial Interstadial,desertification and lake evolution processes have generally exhibited a trade-off relationship,wherein lake level decline and desert expansion exhibited a direct positive feedback.However,during the early period of the Late Holocene(approximately 2.80–1.50 ka BP),a synergistic response pattern emerged,characterized by relatively high lake levels alongside moderate desert expansion,reflecting an asymmetric decoupling mechanism between the hydrological processes and aeolian dynamics during climatic transition periods.This study provides important insights for predicting the future evolution trends of lake-desert systems under climate change.展开更多
The effective precipitation and the frame of atmospheric circulation in the past three key periods, i.e. 30 ka BP, 18 ka BP and 6 ka BP, have been analyzed on the basis of the palaeolake status record produced by the ...The effective precipitation and the frame of atmospheric circulation in the past three key periods, i.e. 30 ka BP, 18 ka BP and 6 ka BP, have been analyzed on the basis of the palaeolake status record produced by the Chinese Lake Status Data Base. The results show that the west-central part of China was characterized by high lake-levels at 30 ka BP, resulting from strengthened southwest monsoons; whereas the high lake stand, occurring in the west-central part of China at 18 ka BP, was caused by the southward shift and the strengthening of westerlies although the high-stand distribution was reduced. Meanwhile, the east-central part of China was under the control of strong winter monsoons at 18 ka BP. The high lake-levels, which occurred in the east-central part of China at 6 ka BP, are related to the enhanced East-Asian summer monsoons; while the lowering of the lake-level in the west-central part of China at 6 ka BP was due to the northward shift and corresponding shrink of the westerlies.A comparison between the lake status and the palaeoclimate models has shown that there do exist discrepancies between the geological evidence and the model simulations. The agreement between them provides a possible mechanical explanation on the geological phenomena, but the discrepancy shows that the model needs to be revised to a great extent.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41171018,41161036).
文摘Aeolian sediments in the eastern Qinghai Lake region,China serve as sensitive paleoclimate archives,offering an ideal window into past environmental conditions.This study investigated the Dashuitang(QDST)profile in the eastern Qinghai Lake region by integrating sediment grain size,chroma,and magnetic susceptibility(MS)proxies to reconstruct the regional environmental evolution since the Last Glacial Interstadial and to investigate its relationship with the water level fluctuations of Qinghai Lake.Grain size end-member modeling analysis(EMMA)identified three end-members:end-member 1(EM1)represented fine-grained material transported over longer distances through mixing processes,which could reveal the regional moisture conditions;end-member 2(EM2)primarily consisted of coarse-grained material from nearby sources transported via saltation or creep,indicating the intensity of the winter monsoon;and end-member 3(EM3)mainly reflected deposition from dust storm events controlled by regional low-altitude wind systems.In addition,the regional environmental sequence demonstrated coherence with other records,collectively elucidating the sub-orbital-scale dynamics of the Asian monsoon.The environmental sequence was divided into four principal phases on the basis of sedimentary characteristics and climatic responses:the late Last Glacial Interstadial,Last Glacial Maximum,Last Deglaciation,and Holocene phases.Additionally,the results of this study revealed that there is a close linkage between desertification and lake evolution in the eastern Qinghai Lake region.Since the Last Glacial Interstadial,desertification and lake evolution processes have generally exhibited a trade-off relationship,wherein lake level decline and desert expansion exhibited a direct positive feedback.However,during the early period of the Late Holocene(approximately 2.80–1.50 ka BP),a synergistic response pattern emerged,characterized by relatively high lake levels alongside moderate desert expansion,reflecting an asymmetric decoupling mechanism between the hydrological processes and aeolian dynamics during climatic transition periods.This study provides important insights for predicting the future evolution trends of lake-desert systems under climate change.
基金sponsored by the One-hundred Talents Project of the Chinese Academy of SciencesNational Natural Science Foundation of China(49971075)the Key Project A of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZ951-A1-402-04-06).
文摘The effective precipitation and the frame of atmospheric circulation in the past three key periods, i.e. 30 ka BP, 18 ka BP and 6 ka BP, have been analyzed on the basis of the palaeolake status record produced by the Chinese Lake Status Data Base. The results show that the west-central part of China was characterized by high lake-levels at 30 ka BP, resulting from strengthened southwest monsoons; whereas the high lake stand, occurring in the west-central part of China at 18 ka BP, was caused by the southward shift and the strengthening of westerlies although the high-stand distribution was reduced. Meanwhile, the east-central part of China was under the control of strong winter monsoons at 18 ka BP. The high lake-levels, which occurred in the east-central part of China at 6 ka BP, are related to the enhanced East-Asian summer monsoons; while the lowering of the lake-level in the west-central part of China at 6 ka BP was due to the northward shift and corresponding shrink of the westerlies.A comparison between the lake status and the palaeoclimate models has shown that there do exist discrepancies between the geological evidence and the model simulations. The agreement between them provides a possible mechanical explanation on the geological phenomena, but the discrepancy shows that the model needs to be revised to a great extent.
