Centennial-scale climate variability during the past 2000 years on the central Tibetan Plateau

The Holocene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 892-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiumei Li ◽  
Jie Liang ◽  
Juzhi Hou ◽  
Wenjing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Central Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Past 2000 Years

scholarly journals Glacier mass loss induced the rapid growth of Linggo Co on the central Tibetan Plateau

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (207) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanbin Lei ◽  
Tandong Yao ◽  
Chaolu Yi ◽  
Weicai Wang ◽  
Yongwei Sheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lake Volume ◽  
Meltwater Runoff ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Central Tibetan Plateau

AbstractRemote-sensing and GIS techniques in conjunction with field investigations show how glacier mass loss has led to the rapid growth of Linggo Co, a glacier-fed lake on the central Tibetan Plateau, which has expanded by 21.3% in area between 1974 and 2010, with a lake-level rise of ˜11.2m. The lake volume of Linggo Co increased at a rate of 0.02 × 106, 42.67 × 106 and 65.8 × I06m3a-1 during the periods 1974-92, 1992-99 and 1999-2010, respectively. Other nonglacier-fed lakes in the vicinity (i.e. Longwei Co, Amur Co and Darngo Co Ngion) shrank considerably from the early 1970s to 1992 and then expanded from 1992 to 2010. Despite being in the same climate region, Linggo Co and the non-glacier-fed lakes have differed in response to climate change. The glaciers in the catchment of Linggo Co retreated by 2.4% in area between 1974 and 2007, and their mean thickness decreased by 6.19 ± 1.91 m between 1974 and 2000, with an associated glacier meltwater runoff of (7.52 ± 2.32) × 108 m3. The results indicate that glacier mass loss had a significant impact on the growth of Linggo Co over the past 40 years.

Late Holocene Varve Chronology and High-Resolution Records of Precipitation in the Central Tibetan Plateau

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kejia Ji ◽  
Erlei Zhu ◽  
Guoqiang Chu ◽  
Juzhi Hou
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Lake Sediment ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Past Climate ◽  
Environment Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Varve Chronology ◽  
Past 2000 Years

<p>Precise age controls are fundamental prerequisites for reconstructing past climate and environment changes. Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are one of the important archives for studying past climate and environment changes. However, radiocarbon ages for lake sediment core are subject to old radiocarbon reservoir effects, which caused severe problems in constructing age controls for lake sediment cores, especially on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). Here we present a varve chronology over the past 2000 years at Jiang Co on the central TP. The clastic-biogenic varves comprise of a coarse-grained layer and a fine-grained layer observed by petrographic microscope and Electron Probe Micro Analyzer. Varve chronology is supported by measurements of <sup>210</sup>Pb and <sup>137</sup>Cs, which is further used to determine the radiocarbon reservoir ages in the past ~2000 years. The percentage of coarse-grain layer thickness within single varves was considered as proxy for precipitation as the coarse grains were mainly transported by runoff, which is highly correlated with local meteorological observation. During the past 2000 years, the precipitation records show centennial-scale fluctuations that are consistent with regional records. The varve chronology at Jiang Co provides a valuable opportunity to examine variation in reservoir ages on the TP and a robust chronology for reconstructing paleoclimate.</p>

2000 years of marine primary productivity in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Treinen-Crespo ◽  
Jose Carriquiry ◽  
Julio Villaescusa ◽  
Elisabet Repiso-Terrones
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Primary Productivity ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Biogenic Silica ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past 2000 Years ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Marine Primary Productivity

<p>Changes in marine primary productivity (MPP) over the 21st century are expected to occur under the prevailing climate change scenario. For better understanding of past climate variability, we reconstructed MPP at high resolution (~1-2 years) for the past 2000 years analyzing biogenic silica and total organic carbon (TOC %) on a sediment core collected from Soledad Basin (25°N, 112°W), Baja  California, Mexico. Located in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific, this suboxic basin is ideal for palaeoceanographic reconstructions due to its high sedimentation rate (2 mm/year), which allow us to reconstruct past changes in the ocean and climate at high resolution. Our results show an increasing trend in the variability of MPP for the past 2000 years: biogenic silica content does not show a well-defined trend, but rather it is dominated by strong multidecadal and prominent centennial-scale cycles while TOC (%) shows a slight increasing trend towards the present, starting at least 2000 years ago. Spectral analysis confirms the presence of multidecadal to centennial cycles. These results will be discussed in the context of the Anthropocene and natural climate variability.</p>

scholarly journals Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronwyn C. Dixon ◽  
Jonathan J. Tyler ◽  
Andrew M. Lorrey ◽  
Ian D. Goodwin ◽  
Joëlle Gergis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
A Priori ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Bayesian Techniques ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past 2000 Years ◽  
Dating Methods ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Era ◽  
Australasian Region

Abstract. Non-annually resolved palaeoclimate records in the Australasian region were compiled to facilitate investigations of decadal to centennial climate variability over the past 2000 years. A total of 661 lake/wetland, geomorphic, marine, and speleothem records were identified and then assessed against a set of a priori criteria based on temporal resolution, record length, dating methods, and confidence of the proxy-climate relationship over the Common Era. A high quality subset of 22 records across Australasia met the criteria and they are endorsed for subsequent analyses. New chronologies based on progressive Bayesian techniques were constructed for the high quality records to ensure a consistent approach to age modelling and quantification of age uncertainties. Chronological uncertainty was the primary reason why records did not meet the selection criteria. Despite present limitations, existing proxies and reconstruction techniques that successfully capture climate variability in the region show potential to address spatial gaps and expand the range of climate variables covering the last 2000 years from the Australasian region.

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