A long-term climate record from lacustrine sediments of the Zada Basin, SW-Tibet

• Antragsteller: Dr. Oliver Kempf; Professor Manfred Strecker, Ph.D., seit 11/2006
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Paläontologie
• Förderung: Förderung von 2005 bis 2009
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 14414296

The long-term history of the Asian monsoon climate is important for a better understanding of regional- to global-scale climate change during the late Neogene, but poorly documented. We propose a multidisciplinary study of -1 km thick late Miocene to Pleistocene (ca. 7-1 Ma?) lacustrine deposits exposed in the Zada basin, SW Tibet, to establish a medium- to highresolution long-term climate record for that region. The present proposal will build and expand upon the results of an ongoing pilot study, during which we established a detailed stratigraphic and sedimentologic framework, and carried out initial sampling for sediment-petrographic work, geochronologic work, and the evaluation of a variety of different potential proxy materials for the reconstruction of climatic and ecologic conditions in the Zada Basin during Late Miocene to Pleistocene time.

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen
• Beteiligte Personen: Professor Dr. Erwin Appel; Professor Dr. Volker Mosbrugger; Professorin Dr. Antje Schwalb
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Peter Michael Blisniuk, Ph.D., bis 11/2006