Palynological Evidence for Climatic Changes in Dabuxun Lake of Oinghai Province during the Past 500,000 Years
- Received Date: 2000-04-04
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Key words:
- palynoflora /
- paleoclimate /
- paleomagnetic age /
- Quaternary /
- Qaidam Basin
Abstract: Based on the sporo-pollen analvscs of the core samples of Corcholc D-1 from the Dahuxun Lakc in the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai Province, the sporo-pollen diagram may he divided into three palynofloral zones, i.e.Zone Q2,Zone Q3,and Zone Q4.In accordance with the characteristics of the palynofloras} the problems on the vcgctational evolution and the paleoclimatic changes in the past 500 ka were discussed.Ages of the scdimcntarv section of Corcholc D-1 are based on palcomagnetic dating.The results of this study indicate that the middle to late Middle Pleistocene(500-130 ka BP) palcoclimate might he a semi-wet type of the warm-temperate zone the Latc Pleistocene(130-10 ka BP) palcoclimatc might he a semi-arid type of the temperate zone and the Holocene(10-0 ka BP) palcoclimatc might he a arid type of the cool-tcm-pcratc zone in the Qaidam Basin. The Latc Pleistocene climatic changes coincide essentially with the evolution of cool and warm events recorded by the Guliya ice core from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Citation: | JIANG De xin, YANG Hui qiu. Palynological Evidence for Climatic Changes in Dabuxun Lake of Oinghai Province during the Past 500,000 Years[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2001, 19(1): 101-106. |