Eco-environmental effects of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift during the Quaternary in China
Eco-environmental effects of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift during the Quaternary in China
复制标题
DOI：
10.1007/s002540000174
复制
发表时间：
2000-11
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
Dianfa Zhang;L. Fengquan;B. Jianmin
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Dianfa Zhang;L. Fengquan;B. Jianmin
第四纪青藏高原隆升超过3000 m。平均抬升速率为1-1.1 mm/年。隆升改造了中国的地貌。中国的地形分三个阶段由西低东高向西高东低转变。青藏高原隆升是影响我国第四纪气候环境的重要因素。它把西风带分为南北两支，控制着亚洲乃至北方的大气环流和气候变化。高原逐渐成为夏季的热源和冬季的冷源。隆升对东亚季风的形成起了决定性的作用，加大了冰期与间冰期的气候差异。中国的气候环境受高原隆升的影响。中国东部成为东南季风区，西南地区成为西南季风区，西北地区成为干旱内陆区。内陆盆地形成的戈壁和大规模沙漠不断延伸。随着青藏高原的不断隆升，中国北方的气候变得更加干旱。高原隆升影响了冰川演化和黄土的形成，推动了寒温动物的迁徙，这与世界同纬度其他地区不同。
The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau uplifted >3000 m in the Quaternary period. The average rate of uplift was 1–1.1 mm/year. The uplifting has remolded the geomorphology of China. The landform in China was changed from west-low and east-high to west-high and east-low in three steps. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift is an important factor that affected the climate and the environment of China in the Quaternary period. It controls atmospheric circulation and climatic change in Asia and even the northern hemisphere, by dividing the westerlies into two branches: south and north. The plateau gradually became a heat source in summer and a cold source in winter. The uplift had a decisive effect on the formation of the East-Asia monsoon, which increased the climatic differences between the glacial period and the interglacial period. The climate and environment of China are characterized by the influences of the plateau uplift. The east of China became the south-east monsoon area, whereas the south-west became the south-west monsoon area and the north-west turned into an arid inland region. The Gobi and large-scale deserts that formed in the inland basins are ceaselessly extending. The climate of northern China became more arid as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau continued to uplift. The Plateau uplift affected glacial evolvement and loess formation, and propelled the migration of cold- and warm-blooded animals, which differed from other regions of the world at the same latitude.