Climate History of the Tibetan plateau for the last 1500 years as inferred from stable CARBON isotopes in tree-rings

Helle G, Schleser GH, Bräuning A (2002)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2002

Pages Range: 300-311

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques

Event location: Wien AT

Open Access Link: http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/34/017/34017999.pdf

Abstract

For the south-eastern part of Tibet, i.e. Qamdo, a carbon isotope chronology from spruce and juniper trees, covering the last 400 and 1600 years, respectively, has been developed. Juniper tree-rings were sampled in pentad blocks, whereas the spruce chronology is annually resolved in order enable appropriate calibration of isotope data with the short instrumental temperature record available. The chronology shows a number of different climatic phases which have their analogues in Europe and North America. A short warm phase between 1200 and 1300AD appears to correspond to the Mediaeval Warm Period and a larger cool phase from about 1450 to 1600AD appears to correspond to the Little Ice Age with a short recurring episode around 1850. The current results suggest that the observed events may have occurred over the entire Northern Hemisphere, though they do not seem to have been contemporaneous with Europe and North America.

Authors with CRIS profile

Achim Bräuning Lehrstuhl für Geographie (Physische Geographie)

Involved external institutions

Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Helle, G., Schleser, G.H., & Bräuning, A. (2002). Climate History of the Tibetan plateau for the last 1500 years as inferred from stable CARBON isotopes in tree-rings. In Proceedings of the International Conference on the Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques (pp. 300-311). Wien, AT.

MLA:

Helle, Gerhard, Gerhard Hans Schleser, and Achim Bräuning. "Climate History of the Tibetan plateau for the last 1500 years as inferred from stable CARBON isotopes in tree-rings." Proceedings of the International Conference on the Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques (IAEA CN-80-80), Wien 2002. 300-311.

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