supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2007CB411600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30500061 and 31060152);the Research Start-up Fund of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region for Young Teachers in University (XJEDU2008S03);the College-University United Project of Xinjiang University (XY080117)
Orogenesis of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,which occurred in a stepwise manner,contributed to the extreme aridity of the Tarim Basin,resulting in vulnerable and unstable ecosystems.Quaternary climatic oscillations may ...