GC42C:
The Third Pole Environment (TPE) Under Global Changes II

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Frank Lehmkuhl, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Bernd Wuennemann, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Tandong Yao, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Primary Conveners:  Tandong Yao, Inst of Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing, China
Co-conveners:  Bernd Wuennemann, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States and Volker Mosbrugger, Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
OSPA Liaisons:  Bernd Wuennemann, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
 
Lake sediment records of Indian summer monsoon variability during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice: Support for a late Holocene pluvial event on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Broxton W Bird1, Pratigya J Polissar2, Yanbin Lei3, Lonnie G Thompson4, Tandong Yao5, Bruce Finney6, Daniel Bain7, David P Pompeani7 and Byron A Steinman8, (1)Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Earth Sciences,, IN, IN, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observato, Nyack, NY, United States, (3)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing, China, (4)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (5)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (6)Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, United States, (7)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (8)Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
10:40 AM
 
A Circulation Index for the Himalayan Mountain Arc: Reconciling Conflicting Signals of Climate Change Along the Third Pole”
Hayley J Fowler1, Nathan Daniel Forsythe2 and Stephen Blenkinsop1, (1)Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, (2)Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1, United Kingdom
11:00 AM
 
Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Firn Line Altitudes in the Asian High Mountains over the Past Decade
Ninglian Wang, Zhongming Guo and Hongbo Wu, CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China
11:40 AM
 
Erosion and Sediment Transport Across Pronounced Topographic and Climatic Gradients in the Himalayan Orogen
Manfred R Strecker and Bodo Bookhagen, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
12:00 PM
 
Late Quaternary Lake-Catchment Processes in Hala Lake, Northern Tibetan Plateau, and Their Effects on Lake Evolution
Dada Yan1, Bernd Wuennemann1, Georg Stauch2, Yongzhan Zhang1, Chongyi E3, Kelong Chen3, Guangchao Cao3 and Jiming Wang3, (1)Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, (2)RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, (3)Qinghai Normal University, Xining, China