Alternating influences of the Westerlies and Indian Summer Monsoon on the hydroclimate of the source region of the Yarlung Tsangpo over past 4000 yr  

作　　者：Zhe SUN Zirui HUANG Kejia JI Mingda WANG Juzhi HOU 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Geography and Resources Science,Sichuan Normal University,Chengdu 610066,China [2]Group of Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation(ALPHA),State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Resources and Environment(TPESER),Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China [3]CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),Beijing 100101,China [4]School of Geography,Liaoning Normal University,Dalian 116029,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Earth Science》2023年第4期933-944,共12页地球科学前沿（英文版）

基　　金：financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42025103);Basic Science Center for Tibetan Plateau Earth System(BSCTPES,NSFC project No.41988101);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research program(No.2019QZKK0601);the Scientific Research Funding of Sichuan Normal University.

摘　　要：The Yarlung Tsangpo,the longest river in the southern Tibetan Plateau(TP),has attracted much research attention aimed at understanding the factors controlling its modern hydrology and possible future discharge in the context of ongoing climate change.However,partly due to the complex regional climatic background,no consistent conclusions have been reached,especially for its upper reaches.Paleohydrological reconstructions of the source region of the Yarlung Tsangpo can potentially improve our understanding of the history of humidity and its response to climatic variability.In this study,we used a 97 cm gravity core from Gongzhu Co to reconstruct the hydrology change during the late Holocene.The core was dated using AMS ^(14)C and Pb/Cs methods,and we used measurements of element contents(determined by high-resolution XRF scanning),grain size,IC/TOC,and magnetic susceptibility to reconstruct hydroclimatic changes in the source of the Yarlung Tsangpo watershed since~4000 yr ago.Combined with a modern meteorological data set,we found that PC1 of the XRF data,the Ca/(Fe+Ti)ratio,and EM1 of the grain size data were indicative of changes in humidity.Our records demonstrate a wet interval during~4-1.7 ka BP(ka=1000 yr,BP represents years before 1950 AD),followed by a dry period during since~1 ka BP.Comparison with independent regional paleoclimatic records revealed shifts in the dominant factors controlling humidity.The wet interval during~4-1.7 ka BP was coeval with a strengthened Westerlies,implying a dominant moisture supply from northern high latitudes.However,the extremely low values of Ca/(Fe+Ti)ratio during~4-2.5 ka BP indicate potential glacial freshwater source,which is corroborated by the concurrent high magnetic susceptibility values and increased grain size.The rapid drying trend during~1.7-1 ka BP suggests a switch in moisture supply from the Westerlies to the Indian Summer Monsoon(ISM).We attribute the drought conditions after~1 ka BP to a weakened ISM,although a Westerlies influence and the potential effec

关 键 词：late Holocene humidity changes WESTERLIES ISM Yarluang Tsangpo 

分 类 号：P46[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]