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

• Applicants: Dr. Oliver Kempf; Professor Manfred Strecker, Ph.D., since 11/2006
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2005 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 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 Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. Erwin Appel; Professor Dr. Volker Mosbrugger; Professorin Dr. Antje Schwalb
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Peter Michael Blisniuk, Ph.D., until 11/2006