Separation of Pleuroxus pamirensis (Werestschagin, 1923) from P. annandalei (Daday, 1908) (Cladocera : Chydoridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1775 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXEY A. KOTOV ◽  
NATALIA G. SHEVELEVA
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Mongolian Altai ◽  
Baikal Rift System

Lateral horns on valves are found in few representatives from different families of the Anomopoda (Crustacea: Cladocera). We found that populations of "horned" Pleuroxus Baird, 1843 from mountains of Central Asia belong to two different species, P. pamirensis (Werestschagin, 1923) present in Pamirs, and P. annandalei (Daday, 1908), occuring in Tibetan Plateau, Baikal Rift System and Mongolian Altai. Redescriptions and a list of differences between the species are presented. Genera Cornuella Werestschagin, 1923 and Sinopleuroxus Chiang Sieh-chih, 1963 are suggested junior synonyms of Pleuroxus.

Modulation of coupled modes of Tibetan Plateau heating and Indian Summer Monsoon on summer rainfall over Central Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-54
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Diabatic Heating ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
Hadley Cell ◽  
Vapor Transport ◽  
Water Vapor Transport

Abstract It has been suggested that summer rainfall over Central Asia (CA) is significantly correlated with the summer thermal distribution of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the Indian summer monsoon (ISM). However, relatively few studies have investigated their synergistic effects of different distribution. This study documents the significant correlations between precipitation in CA and the diabatic heating of TP and the ISM based on the results of statistical analysis and numerical simulation. Precipitation in CA is is dominated by two water vapor transport branches from the south which are related to the two primary modes of anomalous diabatic heating distribution related to the TP and ISM precipitation, that is, the “+-” dipole mode in the southeastern TP and the Indian subcontinent (IS), and the “+-+” tripole mode in the southeastern TP, the IS, and southern India. Both modes exhibit obvious mid-latitude Silk Road pattern (SRP) wave trains with cyclone anomalies over CA, but with different transient and stationary eddies over south Asia. The different locations of anomalous anticyclones over India govern two water vapor transport branches to CA, which are from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The water vapor flux climbs while being transported northward and can be transported to CA with the cooperation of cyclonic circulation. The convergent water vapor and ascending motion caused by cyclonic anomalies favor the precipitation in CA. Further analysis corroborates the negative South Indian Ocean Dipole (NSIOD) in February could affect the tripole mode distribution of TP heating and ISM via the atmospheric circulation, water vapor transport and an anomalous Hadley cell circulation. The results indicate a reliable prediction reference for precipitation in CA.

Origin and evolution of Neogene alkali-basaltic magmas in the southwestern flank of the Baikal rift system (Heven lava plateau, northern Mongolia)

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Tsypukova ◽  
A.B. Perepelov ◽  
E.I. Demonterova ◽  
L.A. Pavlova ◽  
A.V. Travin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rift System ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Baikal Rift System ◽  
Northern Mongolia ◽  
Basaltic Magmas

New Noctuidae species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2896 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
P. GYULAI ◽  
L. RONKAY ◽  
A. SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
The Third ◽  
High Diversity

Collecting expeditions to China's Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces were conducted by the third author, along with Alessandro and Irene Floriani, during June 2009, April 2010 and July 2010. Light trapping yielded numerous noctuid moths including four new species, described herein. These new taxa reflect the high diversity of some genera (Hada, Billberg, 1820 ; Palaeamathes, Boursin, 1954) in SW China, and the biogeographical connections of the Tibetan Plateau to Central Asia (Lacanobia kitokia sp. n., L. contrastata (Bryk, 1942), L. mongolica Behounek, 1993, L. kirghisa Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998) and to the Himalayan Region (Palaeamathes serrulata sp. n. is close to P. harpegnoma (Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998). Acronyms for personal and institutional collections are as follows: AFM—Alessandro Floriani (Milan, Italy); ASV—Aidas Saldaitis (Vilnius, Lithuania); BJ—Janos Babics (Budapest, Hungary); DNK—Danny Nilsson (Kalvehave, Denmark); GRB—Gabor Ronkay (Budapest, Hungary); GBG/ZSM—Gottfried Behounek (Grafing, Germany) / Zoologische Staatssammlung, München (Germany); GYP—Peter Gyulai (Miskolc, Hungary); HHP – Henri Hoppe (Klein Pravtshagen, Germany); NRCV—Nature Research Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania); WSM—Wolfgang Speidel (München, Germany).

scholarly journals Active faults, seismicity and recent fracturing in the lithosphere of the Baikal rift system

2004 ◽  
Vol 380 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 261-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.I. Sherman ◽  
V.M. Dem'yanovich ◽  
S.V. Lysak
Keyword(s):  
Active Faults ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Baikal Rift System
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