Lake Xinluhai
Country:
China
Region: Tibetan Plateau
Varve Category: clastic varves
Archive Type: lacustrine sediments
Lake Type: moraine-dammed
Maximum Depth: 65.0
Catchment Area: 75.0
Surface Area: 3.3
Elevation: 4020.0
DOI / Reference Link: Access Link
Reference: Chu GQ, Sun Q, Yang K, Li A, Yu X, Xu T, Yan F, Wang H, Liu M, Wang W, Xie M, Ling L, Liu Q, 2011. Evidence for decreasing south Asian summer monsoon in the past 160 years from varved sediment in Lake Xinluhai, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010 VOL. 116, D02116
Picture Authors: Guoqiang Chu
Picture:
Description: Glacial varves from Lake Xinluhai (Tibetan Plateau). A: Flatbed scan of thin section. B: Micro-photograph under a stereoscopic microscope with polarized light. Varves appear as couplets of light silt and dark clay layers. Silt grades upward into fine clay, then the clay layer sharply contacts with the silt layer of the next year. Some rhythmites can be found within the silt layer.
Picture Type: microscopic
Location:
Region: Tibetan Plateau
Varve Category: clastic varves
Archive Type: lacustrine sediments
Lake Type: moraine-dammed
Maximum Depth: 65.0
Catchment Area: 75.0
Surface Area: 3.3
Elevation: 4020.0
DOI / Reference Link: Access Link
Reference: Chu GQ, Sun Q, Yang K, Li A, Yu X, Xu T, Yan F, Wang H, Liu M, Wang W, Xie M, Ling L, Liu Q, 2011. Evidence for decreasing south Asian summer monsoon in the past 160 years from varved sediment in Lake Xinluhai, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010 VOL. 116, D02116
Picture Authors: Guoqiang Chu
Picture:
Image
Description: Glacial varves from Lake Xinluhai (Tibetan Plateau). A: Flatbed scan of thin section. B: Micro-photograph under a stereoscopic microscope with polarized light. Varves appear as couplets of light silt and dark clay layers. Silt grades upward into fine clay, then the clay layer sharply contacts with the silt layer of the next year. Some rhythmites can be found within the silt layer.
Picture Type: microscopic
Location: