Late Quaternary landscape evolution in the Kunlun Mountains and Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibet: A framework for examining the links between glaciation, lake level changes and alluvial fan formation

2006 ◽  
Vol 154-155 ◽  
pp. 73-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis A. Owen ◽  
Robert C. Finkel ◽  
Ma Haizhou ◽  
Patrick L. Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Lake Level ◽  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Qaidam Basin ◽  
Alluvial Fan ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
Northern Tibet ◽  
Kunlun Mountains

Lake level changes in the Dead Sea during the late Pleistocene recorded by fossil lake shorelines

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Jara-Muñoz ◽  
Amotz Agnon ◽  
Jens Fohlmeister ◽  
Jürgen Mey ◽  
Norbert Frank ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Isotopes ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
Oxygen And Carbon Isotopes ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Impact

<p><span>High-resolution records of lake-level changes are crucial to elucidate the impact of local and global climatic changes in lacustrine basins. The Late Quaternary evolution of the Dead Sea has been characterized by substantial variability apparently linked with global climatic changes, beign subject of many research efforts since decades. Previous studies have defined two main lake phases, the Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea, the earlier was a highstand period that lasted between ~70 and ~15 ka, the  latter was the lowstand period that persisted until the present. Here we focus on the switch between Lake Lisan and Dead Sea studying fossil lake shorelines, a sequence that comprises dozens of levels exposed along the rims of the Dead Sea, containing abundant fossil stromatolites that we dated by mean of radiocarbon and U-decay series. We determined 90 radiocarbon and 35 U-Th ages from stromatolites from almost every shoreline level. We compared U-Th and radiocarbon ages to estimating a radiocarbon reservoir between 0.2 and 0.8 ka, used to correct the remaining radiocarbon ages before calibration. The resulting ages range between ~45  and ~20 ka. Dating was </span><span>complemented with analysis of stable oxygen and carbon isotopes. Furthermore, we applied a distributed hydrological balance model to constrain past precipitation and temperature conditions. Our results suggest that the duration of the last Lake Lisan highstand was shorter than previously estimated. Taking this at face value, the switch between Lake Lisan and Dead Sea occurred at ~28 ka, ~10 ka earlier than previously suggested. Oxygen and carbon isotopes show a consistent pattern, displaying a switch between wet and dry conditions at ~28 ka. Preliminary results from the hydrological model indicate a much stronger sensitivity of the lake level to precipitation amounts than to air temperature. From our results we can’t observe a clear link between global temperature variations and lake-level changes in the Lisan/Dead Sea lakes. Similar non-linear response to northern hemisphere climatic changes have been also documented in Holocene Dead Sea paleoclimatic records, suggesting that global climatic variations may led to variable lake-level responses. The results of this study adds further complexity to the understanding of factors controlling climate variability in the Dead Sea. </span></p>

Reconstruction of Late-Quaternary sea- and lake-level changes in a tectonically active marginal basin using seismic stratigraphy: The Gulf of Cariaco, NE Venezuela

2011 ◽  
Vol 279 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Van Daele ◽  
Aurélien van Welden ◽  
Jasper Moernaut ◽  
Christian Beck ◽  
Franck Audemard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Seismic Stratigraphy ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
Marginal Basin ◽  
Tectonically Active

Late quaternary hydrological changes at Tangra Yumco, Tibetan Plateau: a compound-specific isotope-based quantification of lake level changes

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Günther ◽  
Andrej Thiele ◽  
Sophie Biskop ◽  
Roland Mäusbacher ◽  
Torsten Haberzettl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
Hydrological Changes

scholarly journals Distinct phases of eustatism and tectonics control the late Quaternary landscape evolution at the southern coastline of Crete

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Mouslopoulou ◽  
John Begg ◽  
Alexander Fülling ◽  
Daniel Moraetis ◽  
Panagiotis Partsinevelos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Vertical Movement ◽  
Tectonic Uplift ◽  
Alluvial Fan ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
River Incision ◽  
Coastal Landscapes ◽  
Uplift Rates

Abstract. The extent to which climate, eustacy and tectonics interact to shape the late Quaternary landscape is poorly known. Alluvial fans often provide useful indexes that allow decoding the information recorded on complex coastal landscapes, such as those of Eastern Mediterranean. In this paper we analyse and date (using optically stimulated luminescence – OSL) a double alluvial-fan system in Crete, an island straddling the forearc of the Hellenic subduction margin, in order to constrain the timing of, and quantify the contributing factors to, its landscape evolution. The studied alluvial system is unique because each of its two juxtaposed fans records individual phases of alluvial and marine incision, providing, thus, unprecedented resolution in the formation and evolution of its landscape. Specifically, our analysis shows that the fan sequence at Domata developed during the last glaciation (Marine Isotope Stage 3; 57–29 kyr) due to five distinct stages of marine transgressions and regressions and associated river incision, as a response to climatic changes and tectonic uplift at rates of ~ 2.2 mm/yr. Comparison of our results with published tectonic uplift rates from Crete shows, however, that vertical movement on Crete was minimal during 20–50 kyr BP and mot uplift was accrued during the last 20 kyr. This implies that eustacy and tectonism impacted on the landscape at Domata over mainly distinct time-intervals (e.g. sequentially and not synchronously), forming and preserving the coastal landforms, respectively.

scholarly journals Late Quaternary lake-level changes constrained by radiocarbon and stable isotope studies on sediment cores from Lake Titicaca, South America

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 273-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold D Rowe ◽  
Thomas P Guilderson ◽  
Robert B Dunbar ◽  
John R Southon ◽  
Geoffrey O Seltzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
South America ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Lake Titicaca ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
Isotope Studies

Late quaternary lake level changes of Taro Co and neighbouring lakes, southwestern Tibetan Plateau, based on OSL dating and ostracod analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Alivernini ◽  
Zhongping Lai ◽  
Peter Frenzel ◽  
Sascha Fürstenberg ◽  
Junbo Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Osl Dating ◽  
Lake Level Changes

Ostracod-based reconstruction of Late Quaternary lake level changes within the Tangra Yumco lake system (southern Tibetan Plateau)

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alivernini ◽  
L. G. Akita ◽  
M. Ahlborn ◽  
N. Börner ◽  
T. Haberzettl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Lake System ◽  
Lake Level Changes ◽  
Southern Tibetan Plateau
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