Holocene aeolian activities linked to Indian summer monsoon in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River

Tuoyu LI; Jifeng ZHANG; Yongqiu WU; Shisong DU; Duowen MO; Yinan LIAO; Zhitong CHEN; Jianbao LIU; Qing LI

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1824-6

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Journal of Geographical Sciences
Vol. 30, Issue 12, 2002 (2020)

Holocene aeolian activities linked to Indian summer monsoon in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River

Tuoyu LI¹, Jifeng ZHANG^2、*, Yongqiu WU³, Shisong DU³, Duowen MO⁴, Yinan LIAO⁴, Zhitong CHEN², Jianbao LIU², and Qing LI⁵

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¹Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

²Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology (LAE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China

³MOE Engineering Center of Desertification and Blown-sand Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

⁴Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

⁵Institute of Geographical Sciences, Hebei Engineering Research Center of Geographic Information Application, Hebei Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050011, China

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Tuoyu LI, Jifeng ZHANG, Yongqiu WU, Shisong DU, Duowen MO, Yinan LIAO, Zhitong CHEN, Jianbao LIU, Qing LI. Holocene aeolian activities linked to Indian summer monsoon in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(12): 2002 Copy Citation Text

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Location of the study area (a) and distribution of aeolian sediment profiles in the middle reaches of the YZR (b). The boundary of westerlies and the ISM (dashed line; et al., 2010" target="_self" style="display: inline;">Chen et al., 2010) are also shown.

Fig. 1. Location of the study area (a) and distribution of aeolian sediment profiles in the middle reaches of the YZR (b). The boundary of westerlies and the ISM (dashed line; Chen et al., 2010) are also shown.

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Fig. 2. Sediment logs and ages of aeolian sand and loess in the middle reaches of the YZR

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Fig. 3. Comparison of the probability density curve for Holocene aeolian sediment ages in the middle reaches of the YZR (a) with other palaeoclimatic records: (b) summer insolation at 30°N (Berger and Loutre, 1991); (c) a lake-level record reconstructed by the PC1 grain size of the Lake Paru Co (Bird et al., 2014); (d) isotopic divergence between C₂₃ and C₃₁ n-alkanes (ΔδD) in Hongyuan peat (Seki et al., 2011); (e) a stalagmite δ¹⁸O record from southern Oman (Fleitmann et al., 2003).

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Sample	Depth (cm)	U (ppm)	Th (ppm)	K (%)	Dose rate (Gy•ka^‒1)	De/Gy	OSL age (ka)
DRX-OSL	68-72	1.56±0.3	13.95±0.7	2.41±0.04	3.73±0.27	2.93±0.30	0.79±0.10
RM-OSL-1	28-32	2.64±0.039	17.8±0.025	2.46±0.026	4.36±0.32	7.99±0.40	1.83±0.29
RM-OSL-3	208-212	3.09±0.038	19.2±0.024	2.06±0.030	4.17±0.31	19.35±0.98	4.64±0.36
DPZ-OSL-3	436-440	4.16±0.034	18.2±0.025	2.36±0.028	4.76±0.35	8.37±0.42	1.76±0.18

Table 1.

OSL dating results of aeolian sediments in the YZR basin

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Sample	Depth/cm	Dating material	Conventional ¹⁴C age (BP, 2σ)	Calibrated¹⁴C age (BP, 2σ)
SK-¹⁴C-1	435-439	Charcoal	2880±25	3005±37
WL-¹⁴C-1	50-55	Total organic matter	710±20	670±6

Table 2.

Radiocarbon dating results of aeolian sediments in the YZR basin

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Section	Depth (cm)	Dating method	Dating material	Age (ka/cal ka BP)	Latitude (°N)	Longitude (°E)	Altitude (m asl)	Source
TB1	350	OSL	Aeolian loess	2.70±0.20	29.3167	89.5500	3800	Sun et al., 2007
TB7	380	OSL	Aeolian loess	11.00±1.20	29.3167	88.9167	3920	Sun et al., 2007
DAR1	300-325	¹⁴C	Charcoal	3.15±0.08	—	—	—	Kaiser et al., 2009
STA1	50	OSL	Aeolian sand	2.90±0.20	29.6331	91.0978	3660	Kaiser et al., 2009
STA1	180	OSL	Aeolian sand	4.10±0.40	29.6331	91.0978	3667	Kaiser et al., 2009
STA1	280	OSL	Aeolian sand	6.70±0.50	29.6331	91.0978	3667	Kaiser et al., 2009
QUX 1	280	OSL	Aeolian sand	8.50±0.70	29.3553	90.7234	3603	Kaiser et al., 2009
QUX 2	325-330	¹⁴C	Charcoal	7.78±0.07	29.3659	90.7556	3536	Kaiser et al., 2009
Section 48	67-73	OSL	Aeolian loess	8.80±3.90	29.7333	89.8167	4571	Lehmkuhl et al., 2000
Section 49	47-53	OSL	Aeolian loess	7.80±1.20	29.7667	89.8500	4835	Lehmkuhl et al., 2000
LXD	170	OSL	Aeolian loess	7.90±0.90	29.3275	89.5386	3797	Hu et al., 2018
LXD	98	OSL	Aeolian loess	3.20±0.30	29.3275	89.5386	3797	Hu et al., 2018
Xigaze	—	¹⁴C	Organic matter	0.92±0.02	29.3057	88.8688	3811	Hu et al., 2018
TDD	87	OSL	Aeolian loess	2.60±0.30	29.3372	90.3236	3687	Hu et al., 2018
TDD	195	OSL	Aeolian loess	2.90±0.30	29.3372	90.3236	3687	Hu et al., 2018
TDD	285	OSL	Aeolian loess	5.00±0.50	29.3372	90.3236	3687	Hu et al., 2018
JB	260	TL	Aeolian sand	8.56±0.65	29.3969	89.3500	3890	Li et al., 2010
QS	430	TL	Aeolian loess	8.85±0.53	29.3900	90.7578	4000	Li et al., 2010
GM	340	¹⁴C	Organic matter	6.20±0.31	—	—	—	Li et al., 2010
GM	531	TL	Aeolian sand	8.30±0.30	—	—	—	Li et al., 2010
Cha'er	65	¹⁴C	Organic matter^a	2.23±0.10	29.3895	89.2823	3856	Zheng et al., 2009
Cha'er	235	TL	Aeolian sand	8.56±0.65	29.3895	89.2823	3856	Zheng et al., 2009
ZD	158	OSL	Aeolian loess	5.90±0.20	29.2466	91.7120	3561	Zheng, 2009
ZD	628	OSL	Aeolian sand	8.50±0.60	29.2466	91.7120	3561	Zheng, 2009
CGG	168	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.82±0.16	29.3653	91.1491	3652	Li et al., 2020
CGG	287	OSL	Aeolian sand	8.43±0.66	29.3653	91.1491	3652	Li et al., 2020
YJP1	0.4	OSL	Sandy loess	1.90±0.10	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	0.9	OSL	Sandy loess	3.90±0.30	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	1.4	OSL	Sandy loess	4.40±0.30	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	1.9	OSL	Sandy loess	4.30±0.30	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	2.5	OSL	Sandy loess	5.10±0.40	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	3	OSL	Sandy loess	3.20±0.20	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP1	3.6	OSL	Sandy loess	8.30±0.60	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
YJP2	1.7	OSL	Sandy loess	110±0.90	29.4556	94.4693	2943	Ling et al., 2020
MLP	6.5	OSL	Aeolian sand	4.50±0.30	29.1189	93.7781	3004	Ling et al., 2020
MLP	10	OSL	Aeolian sand	6.20±0.50	29.1189	93.7781	3004	Ling et al., 2020
LXP	1.3	OSL	Sandy loess	4.90±0.40	29.0668	92.7993	3172	Ling et al., 2020
LXP	2	OSL	Sandy loess	6.50±0.50	29.0668	92.7993	3172	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	0.7	OSL	Aeolian sand	0.40±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
Section	Depth (cm)	Dating method	Dating material	Age (ka/cal ka BP)	Latitude (°N)	Longitude (°E)	Altitude (m asl)	Source
SRP	1.4	OSL	Aeolian sand	0.80±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	2.1	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.00±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	2.8	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.10±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	3.5	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.00±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	4.2	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.20±0.10	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
SRP	4.9	OSL	Aeolian sand	4.10±0.40	29.2617	91.9873	3553	Ling et al., 2020
LCP	2.9	OSL	Sandy loess	9.20±0.80	29.3872	89.3254	3815	Ling et al., 2020
DRX	70	OSL	Aeolian sand	0.79±0.10	29.3664	91.1494	3656	This study
RM	30	OSL	Aeolian loess	1.83±0.29	29.3528	88.4615	3876	This study
RM	210	OSL	Aeolian loess	4.64±0.36	29.3528	88.4615	3876	This study
WL	52	¹⁴C	Organic matter	0.67±0.01	29.1445	93.6766	3092	This study
SK	437	¹⁴C	Charcoal	3.01±0.04	29.2995	91.4115	3557	This study
DPZ	438	OSL	Aeolian sand	1.76±0.18	29.2835	91.6485	3584	This study