scholarly journals Seasonal Variability and Evolution of Glaciochemistry at An Alpine Temperate Glacier on the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijin Wang ◽  
Xiaoyi Shi ◽  
Weihong Cao ◽  
Tao Pu
2021 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 228871
Author(s):  
Chengyu Zhu ◽  
Guocan Wang ◽  
Philippe Hervé Leloup ◽  
Kai Cao ◽  
Gweltaz Mahéo ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maoliang Zhang ◽  
Zhengfu Guo ◽  
Sheng Xu ◽  
Peter H. Barry ◽  
Yuji Sano ◽  
...  

AbstractThe episodic growth of high-elevation orogenic plateaux is controlled by a series of geodynamic processes. However, determining the underlying mechanisms that drive plateau growth dynamics over geological history and constraining the depths at which growth originates, remains challenging. Here we present He-CO2-N2 systematics of hydrothermal fluids that reveal the existence of a lithospheric-scale fault system in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, whereby multi-stage plateau growth occurred in the geological past and continues to the present. He isotopes provide unambiguous evidence for the involvement of mantle-scale dynamics in lateral expansion and localized surface uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. The excellent correlation between 3He/4He values and strain rates, along the strike of Indian indentation into Asia, suggests non-uniform distribution of stresses between the plateau boundary and interior, which modulate southeastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau within the context of India-Asia convergence. Our results demonstrate that deeply-sourced volatile geochemistry can be used to constrain deep dynamic processes involved in orogenic plateau growth.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Chen ◽  
Bärbel Vogel ◽  
Xiangde Xu ◽  
Shuai Yang

Abstract. The Asian summer monsoon (ASM) is associated with an upper-level anticyclone and acts as a well-recognized conduit for troposphere-to-stratosphere transport. The Lagrangian dispersion and transport model FLEXPART forced by ERA-Interim data from 2001–2013 was used to perform climatological modeling of the summer season (May–July). This study examines the properties of the air mass transport from the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) to the tropopause layer (TL), with particular focus on the sub-seasonal variability in the tracer-independent BL sources and the potential controlling mechanisms. The results show that, climatologically, the three most impactful BL source regions are northern India, the Tibetan Plateau, and the southern slope of the Himalayas. These regions are consistent with the locations of sources identified in previous studies. However, upon closer inspection, the different source regions to the BL-to-TL air mass transport are not constant in location or shape and are strongly affected by sub-seasonal variability. The contributions from the Tibetan Plateau are most significant in early May but decrease slightly in mid-May to mid-June. In contrast, the contributions from India and the southern slope of the Himalayas increase dramatically, with peak values occurring in mid-July. Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis provides further evidence that the BL sources in the ASM region vary across a wide range of spatiotemporal scales. The sub-seasonal behavior of these BL sources is closely related to the strength of persistent deep convection activity over the northern Bay of Bengal and its neighboring areas.


2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (11) ◽  
pp. 9733-9749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuo Zheng ◽  
Zhifeng Ding ◽  
Jieyuan Ning ◽  
Lijun Chang ◽  
Xingchen Wang ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 23-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Liu ◽  
Xiaomin Zeng ◽  
Steven W. Leavitt ◽  
Wenzhi Wang ◽  
Wenling An ◽  
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