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Taft, Linda; Wiechert, Uwe; Zhang, Hucai; Lei, Guoliang; Mischke, Steffen; Plessen, Birgit; Weynell, Marc; Winkler, Andreas; Riedel, Frank (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of shells from Radix sp. in lakes across the Tibetan Plateau [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777838, Supplement to: Taft, L et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope patterns archived in shells of the aquatic gastropod Radix: Hydrologic and climatic signals across the Tibetan Plateau in sub-monthly resolution. Quaternary International, 290-291, 282-298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.10.031

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Abstract:
The Tibetan Plateau (TP), including its surrounding mountain ranges, represents the largest store of ice outside the polar regions. It hosts numerous lakes as well as the head waters of major Asian rivers, on which billions of people depend, and it is particularly sensitive to climate change. The moisture transport to the TP is controlled by the Indian and Pacific monsoon and the Westerlies. Understanding the evolution of the interaction of these circulation systems requires studies on climate archives in different spatial and temporal contexts. The objective of this study is to learn more about the interannual variability of precipitation patterns across the TP and how different hydrologic systems react to different climatic factors.
Aragonite shells of the aquatic gastropod Radix, which is widely distributed in the region, may represent suitable archives for inferring hydrologic and climatic signals in particularly high resolution. Therefore, sclerochronological studies of d18O and d13C ratios in Radix shells from seven lakes were conducted, each representing a different hydrologic and climatic setting, on a transect from the Pamirs across the TP.
The shell patterns exhibit an increasing influence of precipitation and a decreasing influence of evaporation on the isotope compositions from west to east. d18O values of shells from lakes on the eastern and central TP (Donggi Cona, Yamdrok Yumco, Tarab Co) mirror monsoon signals, indicated by more negative values and higher variabilities compared to the more western lakes (Karakul, Bangong/Nyak, Manasarovar). In Yadang Co, located on the central southern TP, the monsoon rains did not reach the lake in the sampling year, although it is located in a region which is usually affected by monsoon circulation. The d18O values are used to differentiate the annual hydrological cycle into ice cover period, melt water period, precipitation period and evaporation period. d13C compositions in the shells particularly depend on specific habitats, which vary in biological productivity and in carbon sources. d18O and d13C patterns show a positive covariance in shells originating from large closed basins. The results show that Radix shells mirror general climatic differences between the seven lake regions. These differences reflect both regional and local climate signals in sub-seasonal resolution, without noticeable dependence on the particular lake system.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 33.085645 * Median Longitude: 84.593640 * South-bound Latitude: 29.033300 * West-bound Longitude: 73.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 39.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 98.500000
Date/Time Start: 2008-07-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-10-01T00:00:00
Event(s):
Lake_DonggiCona * Latitude: 35.250000 * Longitude: 98.500000 * Date/Time Start: 2008-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-10-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 4090.0 m * Location: Tibetan Plateau * Method/Device: Sampling lake (LAKE)
Lake_Karakul * Latitude: 39.000000 * Longitude: 73.500000 * Date/Time: 2008-07-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 3928.0 m * Location: Tibetan Plateau * Method/Device: Sampling lake (LAKE)
Lake_Manasarovar * Latitude: 30.750000 * Longitude: 81.366700 * Date/Time Start: 2008-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-10-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 4595.0 m * Location: Tibetan Plateau * Method/Device: Sampling lake (LAKE)
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  1. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Donggi Cona. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777831
  2. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Karakul. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777832
  3. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Manasarovar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777833
  4. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Nyak Co. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777834
  5. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Tarab Co. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777835
  6. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Water chemistry of various lakes across the Tibetan Plateau. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777966
  7. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Yadang Co. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777836
  8. Taft, L; Wiechert, U; Zhang, H et al. (2013): Oxygen and carbon isotope values of shells from Radix sp., lake Yamdrok Yumco. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777837