Wind erosion on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from OSL and U-Th dating of playa salt crust in the Qaidam Basin

doi:10.1002/esp.3483

	Wind erosion on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from OSL and U-Th dating of playa salt crust in the Qaidam Basin
	Han, Wenxia 1,2,3; Ma, Zhibang 4,5; Lai, Zhongping 1,2,6; Appel, Erwin 7; Fang, Xiaomin 8,9; Yu, Lupeng 6,10
刊名	EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
	2014-05-01
卷号	39 期号:6 页码:779-789
关键词	OSL dating Playa salt crust Qaidam Basin wind erosion U-Th dating
ISSN号	0197-9337
DOI	10.1002/esp.3483
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The arid Qaidam Basin is the largest (~3.88 x 10(4) km(2)) basin on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Wind erosion in the area has been regarded as an important trigger for intra-basin tectonic balance upheaval, geomorphologic development and as a major supplier of dust to the Chinese Loess Plateau downwind. An initial estimate of the rate of wind erosion (Kapp et al., 2011) based on geological cross-sections has suggested up to 3.2 x 10(4) km(3) of sediments has been deflated over the past 2.8 Ma, lowering the landscape by an average of 0.29 mm/yr. In this paper we re-evaluate this estimate by dating surface crusts present on three playas within the basin. Understanding the development of these playas is crucial to assessing the overall role of the wind in shaping the regional landscape because they are typically capped with a thick salt crust which effectively protects them from wind erosion. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and U-series dating from a pit section and from the top of a deep drill core, together with results from magnetostratigraphy and a climate proxy record correlated to the marine oxygen isotope record, are used here to determine the age of the playa plains and suggest that the salt crusts have an age of c. 0.1 Ma. This young age and the wide distribution of resistant thick salt crusts of the playa plains indicate a much lower degree of wind erosion than previously suggested. The crusts protect the surface from significant surface erosion (including sediment exhumation and unloading) and whilst some wind erosion does occur, it is unlikely to be sufficient to trigger tectonic uplift of the basin or to be a major dust source for the Loess Plateau as previously suggested. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
WOS关键词	RESOLUTION MAGNETO STRATIGRAPHY ; CHINESE LOESS ; ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION ; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL ; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS ; SURROUNDING REGIONS ; POTASH EVAPORITES ; QINGHAI PROVINCE ; WESTERN CHINA ; GROWTH-CURVE
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY-BLACKWELL
WOS记录号	WOS:000334646200007
资助机构	(973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; NSFC(41290252 ; NSFC(41290252 ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; 2011CB403000) ; 2011CB403000) ; 40920114001 ; 40920114001 ; 41021001) ; 41021001) ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; NSFC(41290252 ; NSFC(41290252 ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; 2011CB403000) ; 2011CB403000) ; 40920114001 ; 40920114001 ; 41021001) ; 41021001) ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; NSFC(41290252 ; NSFC(41290252 ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; 2011CB403000) ; 2011CB403000) ; 40920114001 ; 40920114001 ; 41021001) ; 41021001) ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; (973) National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956400 ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y110071006) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB03020400) ; NSFC(41290252 ; NSFC(41290252 ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme 1372 TiP(AP34/34-1) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)(03G0705A) ; 2011CB403000) ; 2011CB403000) ; 40920114001 ; 40920114001 ; 41021001) ; 41021001)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/84798]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Fang, Xiaomin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Salt Lake Resources & Chem, Xining, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Qinghai Inst Salt Lakes, Xining, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth & Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Cenozo Geol & Environm, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou, Peoples R China 7.Univ Tubingen, Fachbereich Geowissensch, Tubingen, Germany 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 9.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 10.Qinghai Geol Survey Inst, Xining, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han, Wenxia,Ma, Zhibang,Lai, Zhongping,et al. Wind erosion on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from OSL and U-Th dating of playa salt crust in the Qaidam Basin[J]. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS,2014,39(6):779-789.
APA	Han, Wenxia,Ma, Zhibang,Lai, Zhongping,Appel, Erwin,Fang, Xiaomin,&Yu, Lupeng.(2014).Wind erosion on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from OSL and U-Th dating of playa salt crust in the Qaidam Basin.EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS,39(6),779-789.
MLA	Han, Wenxia,et al."Wind erosion on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from OSL and U-Th dating of playa salt crust in the Qaidam Basin".EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS 39.6(2014):779-789.