Although archaeological findings show the synchronous collapses of major well-
documented Chinese Neolithic cultures around 4000 cal. yr BP, the driving mechanism for …

This paper aims to achieve an improved understanding of the long-term change trends of
precipitation δD and δ 18 O values (δD p and δ 18 O p) in the Asian monsoonal region and …

Stable isotopes provide a valuable perspective on the timing of elevation change of the
Tibetan Plateau. We begin our paper by looking in depth at isotopic patterns in modern …

Long chain n-alkanes (C 27–C 33) in lake sediment records are commonly considered to be
terrestrial plant biomarkers when reconstructing paleoclimatic and paleolimnological history …

The age at which a human environment was made is strongly debated in Quaternary
science. The perception of the human footprint requires an understanding of the contrast …

A set of lake surface sediment samples and aquatic macrophytes from the eastern and
central Tibetan Plateau and a sediment core from Koucha Lake (northeastern Tibetan …

Two of the largest and deepest endorheic lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, Nam Co and Tangra
Yumco, were targeted to infer Late Quaternary (24 ka) responses of their hydrological …

Palaeolake evolution history has been used to reconstruct the Late Quaternary
environmental and climatic conditions in East Asian monsoon area. In this study, based on …

The earliest part of the Holocene, from 11.5 k to 7k (k= 1000 years before present), is a
critical transition period between the relatively cold last deglaciation and the warm middle …

Radiocarbon dating of lake sediments is often hampered by the presence of a lake reservoir
effect (LRE, also 'dead carbon'or 'old carbon'effect) especially in dry and cold regions with a …