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DOI10.1038/srep43102
The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin
Mischke, Steffen1; Liu, Chenglin2; Zhang, Jiafu3; Zhang, Chengjun4,5; Zhang, Hua2; Jiao, Pengcheng2; Plessen, Birgit6
通讯作者Mischke, Steffen
来源期刊SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN2045-2322
出版年2017
卷号7
英文摘要

Remnants of cities and farmlands in China’s hyperarid Tarim Basin indicate that environmental conditions were significantly wetter two millennia ago in a region which is barren desert today. Historical documents and age data of organic remains show that the Loulan Kingdom flourished during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) but was abandoned between its end and 645 CE. Previous archaeological, geomorphological and geological studies suggest that deteriorating climate conditions led to the abandonment of the ancient desert cities. Based on analyses of lake sediments from Lop Nur in the eastern Tarim Basin and a review of published records, we show that the Loulan Kingdom decline resulted from a man-made environmental disaster comparable to the recent Aral Sea crisis rather than from changing climate. Lop Nur and other lakes within the Han Dynasty realm experienced rapidly declining water levels or even desiccation whilst lakes in adjacent regions recorded rising levels and relatively wet conditions during the time of the Loulan Kingdom decline. Water withdrawal for irrigation farming in the middle reaches of rivers likely caused water shortage downstream and eventually the widespread deterioration of desert oases a long time before man initiated the Aral Sea disaster in the 1960s.


类型Article
语种英语
国家Iceland ; Peoples R China ; Germany
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000394935200001
WOS关键词QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU ; ARID CENTRAL-ASIA ; NORTHERN XINJIANG ; HOLOCENE CLIMATE ; LOP NUR ; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES ; BOSTEN LAKE ; KA BP ; CHINA ; POLLEN
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构兰州大学 ; 北京大学
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/202287
作者单位1.Univ Iceland, Fac Earth Sci, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland;
2.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Mineral Resources, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China;
3.Peking Univ, Dept Geog, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, MOE Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;
4.Lanzhou Univ, Sch Earth Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China;
5.Lanzhou Univ, Key Lab Mineral Resources Western China, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China;
6.Helmholtz Ctr Potsdam, German Res Ctr Geosci, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Mischke, Steffen,Liu, Chenglin,Zhang, Jiafu,等. The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin[J]. 兰州大学, 北京大学,2017,7.
APA Mischke, Steffen.,Liu, Chenglin.,Zhang, Jiafu.,Zhang, Chengjun.,Zhang, Hua.,...&Plessen, Birgit.(2017).The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7.
MLA Mischke, Steffen,et al."The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7(2017).
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