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Using 10Be exposure dating to constrain glacial advances during the late glacial and Holocene on Mount Xuebaoding, eastern Tibetan Plateau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2018

Beibei Liu ,
Zhijiu Cui ,
Xu Peng ,
Yesong Han  and
Gengnian Liu
Beibei Liu
Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Zhijiu Cui
Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Xu Peng
Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yesong Han
Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Gengnian Liu*
Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
*
*Corresponding author at: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. E-mail address: liugn@pku.edu.cn (G. Liu).
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Abstract

Moraines preserved around Mount Xuebaoding (5588 m above sea level) on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, represent past glacial activity in this area. The chronology of these moraines was established using 10Be exposure dating. The dating results revealed multiple glacial events prior to the late glacial (>14.1±2.2 ka), the late glacial (15.6±1.6 to 11.2±3.0 ka), the early-middle Holocene (9.1±0.9 to 6.7±0.7 ka), and the Neoglacial periods (2.5±0.5 to 1.5±0.1 ka). These glacial stages are consistent with the recalculated ages from surrounding areas throughout the Indian and East Asian monsoon-influenced region on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Comparing with other paleoclimate indexes, we suggest that the late glacial event was mainly driven by low temperature, the early–middle Holocene event by high precipitation, and the late Holocene/Neoglacial event by low temperature.

Keywords

10BeExposure datingGlaciationMount XuebaodingEastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , September 2018 , pp. 348 - 359
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018 

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