Rapid and punctuated Late Holocene recession of Siling Co, central Tibet

• Main Authors: Shi, Xuhua, Kirby, Eric, Furlong, Kevin P., Meng, Kai, Robinson, Ruth, Lu, Haijian, Wang, Erchie
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Holocene lake level fluctuations; Siling Co shorelines
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86259; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43972
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Variations in the strength of the Asian monsoon during Holocene time are thought to have been associated with widespread changes in precipitation across much of Tibet. Local records of monsoon strength from cave deposits, ice cores, and lake sediments typically rely on proxy data that relate isotopi...