Environmental change during the Holocene in western China on a millennial timescale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12267619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shangzhe Zhou (0000-0002-6416-4528, corresponding author), S Z Zhou, Fahu Chen (0000-0002-8874-1035), F H Chen, Baolin Pan (0000-0003-2550-315X), B T Pan, J Cao (0000-0001-5424-0841), J X Cao, J J Li (0009-0003-9865-2452, Quaternary Glacial and Environmental Research Centre, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China 730000), Edward Derbyshire (University of Leicester) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-156 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/095968369100100207 |
| OpenAlex | W2036153345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 2 |
Recent data on the evolution of the inland lakes, loess-palaeosol sequences, and glacier variations in western China are briefly reviewed. The lake history shows three distinct stages in the Holocene, i.e., low water levels before 7500 BP, a stage of expansion during the climatic optimum between 7500 and 3500 BP, and contraction after 3500 BP. Three stages (wooded grassland, mixed woodland, wooded grassland becoming steppe) also appear indicated by the Holocene loess/palaeosol sequence in the Lanzhou region, the optimal period for soil development being between 7500 and 3500 BP. There were seven periods of glacier advance: the continental glaciers advanced at about 8300, 5700, 4000, and 400 BP in northwestern China and the maritime glaciers advanced at about 3000, 2000, 1000, and 200 BP. It is suggested that the climatic changes show two periodicities during the Holocene, namely at intervals of about 2500 and 1000 years
Archaeology · China · Climate change · Climatology · Geography · Glacier · Grassland · Holocene · Holocene climatic optimum · Loess · Paleosol · Physical geography · Steppe · Woodland · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Geological formations and processes · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
Timing of glacier fluctuations and trigger mechanisms in eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau during the late Quaternary
Implications of the loess record for Holocene climate and human settlement in Heye Catchment, Jiuzhaigou, eastern Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan, China
Mid-holocene climates and environments in China
Holocene environmental changes in Bangong Co basin (Western Tibet). Part 4
Structure and origin of Holocene cold events
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change
The role of the Indian summer monsoon and the mid-latitude westerlies in Himalayan glaciation
The Loess/Paleosol record and the nature of the younger Dryas climate in central China
Glaciers and equilibrium line altitudes of the eastern Nyainqêntanglha Range, SE Tibet
Late-Holocene glacier variations in the frontal and inner ranges of the Tian Shan, central Asia
A record of Holocene climate change in the Guanzhong Basin, China, based on optical dating of a loess-palaeosol sequence
A synthesis of abrupt changes in the Asian summer monsoon since the last deglaciation
Temporal and spatial variations of climate in China during the last 10 000 years
Mid-Holocene variability of the East Asian monsoon based on bulk organic δ 13 C and C/N records from the Pearl River estuary, southern China
Tree-ring evidence of ‘Little Ice Age’ glacier advances in southern Tibet
Holocene glacial activity and climatic variations in the Swiss Alps
Anthropogenic influences on changes in the sediment load of the Yellow River, China, during the Holocene
Holocene environmental change inferred from a high-resolution pollen record, Lake Zhuyeze, arid China
A simulation of the Neolithic transition in Western Eurasia
A review of archaeology in mainland Southeast Asia
Palaeosol development in the Chinese Loess Plateau as an indicator of the strength of the East Asian summer monsoon
The Holocene salinity history of Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) inferred from ostracod species assemblages and shell chemistry
Late Quaternary climatic changes in the eastern Kumaun Himalaya, India, as deduced from multi-proxy studies
Middle-Late Holocene vegetation history and environment changes revealed by pollen analysis of a core at Qingdao of Shandong Province, East China
Possible role of the “Holocene Event 3” on the collapse of Neolithic Cultures around the Central Plain of China
Holocene climatic and environmental changes in the arid and semi-arid areas of China
Variations in discharge from the Qilian mountains, northwest China, and its effect on the agricultural communities of the Heihe basin, over the last two millennia
A dramatic climatic transition at ~4000 cal. yr BP and its cultural responses in Chinese cultural domains
Diachronic changes in craniofacial morphology among the middle–late Holocene populations from Hehuang region, Northwest China
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2023 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |