TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mishra, Praveen Kumar
A1  - Anoop, Ambili
A1  - Schettler, Georg
A1  - Prasad, Sushma
A1  - Jehangir, Arshid
A1  - Menzel, Peter
A1  - Naumann, Rudolf
A1  - Yousuf, A. R.
A1  - Basavaiah, Nathani
A1  - Deenadayalan, Kannan
A1  - Wiesner, Martin G.
A1  - Gaye, Birgit
T1  - Reconstructed late Quaternary hydrological changes from Lake Tso Moriri, NW Himalaya
JF  - Quaternary international : the journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research
N2  - We present the results of our investigations on the radiocarbon dated core sediments from the Lake Tso Moriri, NW Himalaya aimed at reconstructing palaeohydrological changes in this climatically sensitive region. Based on the detailed geochemical, mineralogical and sedimentological analysis, we recognise several short-term fluctuations superimposed upon seven major palaeohydrological stages identified in this lake since similar to 26 cal ka. Stage I (>20.2 cal ka): shallow lake characterised by input of coarse-grained detrital sediments; Stage II (20.2-16.4 cal ka): lake deepening and intensification of this trend ca. 18 cal ka; Stage III (16.4-11.2 cal ka): rising lake levels with a short term wet phase (13.1-11.7 cal ka); Stage IV (11.2-8.5 cal ka): early Holocene hydrological maxima and highest lake levels inferred to have resulted from early Holocene Indian monsoon intensification, as records from central Asia indicate weaker westerlies during this interval; Stage V (8.5-5.5 cal ka): mid-Holocene climate deterioration; Stage VI (5.5-2.7 cal ka): progressive lowering of lake level; Stage VII (2.7-0 cal ka): onset of modern conditions. The reconstructed hydrological variability in Lake Tso Moriri is governed by temperature changes (meltwater inflow) and monsoon precipitation (increased runoff). A regional comparison shows considerable differences with other palaeorecords from peninsular India during late Holocene. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
KW  - Authigenic carbonates
KW  - Holocene
KW  - Indian summer monsoon
KW  - Lake sediments
KW  - Tso Moriri Lake
KW  - Westerlies
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.040
SN  - 1040-6182
SN  - 1873-4553
VL  - 371
SP  - 76
EP  - 86
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mishra, Praveen Kumar
A1  - Prasad, Sushma
A1  - Jehangir, Arshid
A1  - Anoop, Ambili
A1  - Yousuf, Abdul R.
A1  - Gaye, Birgit
T1  - Investigating the role of meltwater versus precipitation seasonality in abrupt lake-level rise in the high-altitude Tso Moriri Lake (India)
JF  - Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology : an international journal for the geo-sciences
N2  - We present late Quaternary lake level reconstruction from the high altitude Tso Moriri Lake (NW Indian Himalaya) using a combination of new and published data from shallow and deep water cores, and catchment geomorphology. Our reconstruction indicates two dramatic lake level increases - a late glacial (ca. 16.4-12.6 cal kyr B.P.) rise of 65 m, and a 47 m rise during the early Holocene wet phase (ca. 11.2-8.5 cal kyr B.P.) which are separated by the Younger Dryas (YD) event. We decouple the role of precipitation seasonality and snow melt using a combination of proxies sensitive to the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM), and a regional spatio-temporal transect that provides information on the eastward penetration of the winter westerlies. A comparison of shallow and deep water cores shows that (i) the first lake level increase (similar to 65 m, ca. 16.4-12.6 cal kyr B.P.) is caused by melt water inflow triggered by the increasing summer insolation; (ii) the second lake level increase (similar to 47 m, 11.2-8.5 cal kyr B.P.) is largely caused by a rise in annual precipitation coupled with reduced summer evaporation; (iii) in contrast to the onset of ISM (Bay of Bengal branch) at ca. 14.7 ka in lower elevations in NE India, the hydroclimatic influence of ISM in the high altitude Himalaya is seen only between 12.7 and 12 cal kyr B.P., though the influence of solar insolation (via increased snowmelt) is visible from 16.4 cal kyr B.P. onwards; (iv) the eastward penetration of westerlies in Indian Himalayas is strongly influenced by the strength of the Siberian High.
KW  - Indian Summer Monsoon
KW  - Westerlies
KW  - Lake level reconstruction
KW  - Endogenic carbonates
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.026
SN  - 0031-0182
SN  - 1872-616X
VL  - 493
SP  - 20
EP  - 29
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -