Abstract:Abstract. The Qaidam basin in the north of the Tibetan Plateau, has undergone drastic environmental changes during the last millions of years. During the Pliocene, the basin contained a freshwater mega-lake system although the surrounding regions showed increasingly arid climates. With the onset of the Pleistocene glaciations, lakes began to shrink, and finally disappeared almost completely. Today, hyperarid climate conditions prevail in the low-altitude parts of the basin. The question, how the lake system wa… Show more
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