scholarly journals Mantle Subduction and Uplift of Intracontinental Mountains: A Case Study from the Chinese Tianshan Mountains within Eurasia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyi Li ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Xixi Zhao ◽  
Mei Jiang ◽  
Yaping Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan

Glacier variation in response to climate change in Chinese Tianshan Mountains from 1989 to 2012

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1189-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi He ◽  
Tai-bao Yang ◽  
Qin Ji ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Gang Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan ◽  
Glacier Variation

scholarly journals Evidence for elevation-dependent warming from the Chinese Tianshan Mountains

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Gao ◽  
Haijun Deng ◽  
Xiangyong Lei ◽  
Jianhui Wei ◽  
Yaning Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Swiss Alps ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan ◽  
Warming Rate ◽  
Different Time Scales

Abstract. The phenomenon that the warming rate of air temperature is amplified with elevation is termed elevation-dependent warming (EDW). It has been clarified that EDW can accelerate the retreat of glaciers and the melting of snow, which would have significant impacts on regional ecological environment. Owing to the lack of high-density ground observations in the high mountains, there is a widespread controversy on the existence of the EDW. Current evidences are mainly derived from some typical high mountains such as the Swiss Alps, the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Tropical Andes and the Tibetan Plateau/Himalayas. Rare evidences in other mountains have been reported, especially in arid regions. In this study, EDW features in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains (CTM) are detected using a unique high-resolution (1 km, 6-hourly) air temperature data set (CTMD). The results showed that there are significant EDW signals at different altitudes on different time scales. The warming rate of the minimum temperature in winter shows significant elevation dependence, especially above 4000 m. The greatest altitudinal gradient in the warming rate of maximum temperature is found above 2500 m in April. For the mean temperature, the warming rates in January, February and March show prominent EDW features but with different significances. Within the CTM, the Tolm Mountains, the eastern part of the Borokoonu Mountains, the Bogda Mountains and the Balikun Mountains are the representative regions that show significant EDW features on different time scales. This new evidence partly explains the accelerated melting of glaciers in spring in the CTM.

Analyses of recent observations of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Chinese Tianshan Mountains

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Puyu Wang ◽  
Zhongqin Li ◽  
Huilin Li ◽  
Hongbing Yao ◽  
Chunhai Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan

scholarly journals Sub-Recent Ostracoda from Bosten Lake, NW China

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Mischke ◽  
Michael E. Schudack
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Tarim Basin ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Maximum Depth ◽  
Bosten Lake ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Intermontane Basin ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan ◽  
Lake Bottom

Abstract. In spite of early work by Daday (1903) and by Sars (1903a, b), the Recent and sub-Recent non-marine ostracod faunas of NW China remain poorly known. There is only little information included in later works, which have tended to focus on fossil Tertiary and Quaternary ostracods (e.g. Sun et al., 1999), rather than on Recent or sub-Recent taxa, although Yu & Martens (1997) have presented a very preliminary checklist for China as a whole.In an attempt to improve this situation, this note reports on ostracods collected from the largest ‘freshwater’ lake of NW China. Bosten Hu (Lake) (c. lat. 42°N, long. 87°E) covers an area of about 1020 km2 at an altitude of 1048 m above sea-level in an intermontane basin of the Chinese Tianshan Mountains. The lake has an outlet to the Tarim Basin in the south and had a salinity of about 1.0 g l−1 in 1950 which increased to 1.5 g l−1 in 1978 due to withdrawal of water from the main tributary (Kaidu He) for irrigation purposes. The lake is rather shallow with a maximum depth of 15.7 m, its volume being about 9.9 km3 (Berkner, 1993).Sampling of surface mud from the uppermost centimetres of the lake bottom and of plankton samples was carried out along several transects in nearly all parts of the lake. Altogether, 33 samples were collected by a mud grabber or a handnet, and by a diver. Surprisingly, no living specimens were found, although ostracod valves were very abundant in . . .

Changes in precipitation extremes in alpine areas of the Chinese Tianshan Mountains, central Asia, 1961–2011

2013 ◽  
Vol 311 ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengjie Wang ◽  
Mingjun Zhang ◽  
Meiping Sun ◽  
Baolong Wang ◽  
Xiaofei Li
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Precipitation Extremes ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Chinese Tianshan
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