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Glacial events during the last glacial termination in the Pagele valley, Qiongmu Gangri peak, southern Tibetan Plateau, and their links to oceanic and atmospheric circulation

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Xiangke Xu Open the ORCID record for Xiangke Xu [Opens in a new window] ,
Tandong Yao ,
Baiqing Xu ,
Chaolu Yi ,
Yong Sun ,
Xuezhen Zeng ,
Guocheng Dong  and
Baolin Pan
Xiangke Xu*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Beijing100101, China
Tandong Yao
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Beijing100101, China
Baiqing Xu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Beijing100101, China
Chaolu Yi
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Beijing100101, China
Yong Sun
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Xuezhen Zeng
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Guocheng Dong
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Baolin Pan
Affiliation:
College of Resources, Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing100048, China
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*Corresponding author at: Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Beijing100101, China. E-mail address: xkxu@itpcas.ac.cn (X. Xu).
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Abstract

During the last glacial termination, a warming trend was generally interrupted by rapid millennium-scale cold reversals, such as the Greenland (Isotope) Stadial 1 (GS-1) and GS-2a events. To understand how glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) responded to these rapid climate events, this study constrained the timing and extent of three glacial events during the late-glacial period. Specifically, using a cosmogenic 10Be exposure dating method, we dated three prominent glacial moraines (PM1, PM2, PM3) back to 15,850 ± 980, 14,140 ± 880, and 12,430 ± 790 yr in the Pagele valley, southern TP, corresponding to GS-2a, Greenland Interstadial 1 (GI-1), and GS-1, respectively. By simulating glacial extents forced by different climate scenarios, the study constrained the temperature decreases relative to present to be 2.6°C–2.9°C, ~1.6°C, and 1.4°C–1.5°C during the GS-2a, GI-1, and GS-1 periods in the region, with precipitation values of 60%–80%, ~100%, and 80%–90% of present value, respectively. Considering information from oceanic and atmospheric circulation, the study suggested that on the TP, the glacial events during the last glacial termination were well connected with the millennium-scale climate events in the North Atlantic region through the westerlies, while the Indian summer monsoon played a positive role in sustaining the glaciers under the warming climate trend.

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Last glacial terminationGlacial eventCosmogenic 10Be datingMillennium-scale climate eventsPagele valley
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Quaternary Research , Volume 95 , May 2020 , pp. 129 - 141
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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