Hi everyone, I read the paper below, the author mentioned there is a wetter condition in western TP from terrace study. It explains about the effects of the Indian Monsoon. However, I am wondering if there is another explanation. If the temperature is higher in Early Holocene. and indeed the situation. More melting water flow into the lake, causes the lake level to rise. Hence, this is different from the monsoon explanation. What's your thinking. Plz share with me. Thanks.
Article Early Holocene climate recorded in geomorphological features...
I have no experience with wesatern Tibetan Plateau. I found, however, that the climate in early to mid Holocene over Northeast China was drier than present, and it gradually became wetter after 6k yr, with the last thousand years being the wettest period. Please see my paper published in Geological Review in about 1999.
To correlate Early Holocene situations between Mediterranean coast and the Tibetan Plateau is not so easy. But it is clear that during the Bronze age a rising of sea level occurs for hot climatic conditions and it is true that the climatic changes are distributed Worldwide. Probably also the monsoon regime can suffered of this modified conditions. At present some climatic modifications are present also in Mozambique where monsoon arrives normally during the summer.
Thanks Prof. Ren. Thanks for sharing your published paper. Yes, the climate configuration is heterogeneous, and proxies may tell different stories. For TP, where the human's influence could be neglect, no matter pollen evidence or other lines of climate reconstruction tell us a drier Late Holocene.
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