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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108665
	Southward retreat of the Keriya River drove human migration in the Taklimakan Desert during the late Holocene
	Sun, Aijun; Zhao, Hui; Ma, Minmin; Liu, Bing; Li, Yuan; Shi, Zhilin; Wang, Keqi; Li, Dongxue; Xu, Yujie; Chen, Fahu
通讯作者	Zhao, H
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
EISSN	1873-457X
出版年	2024
卷号	332
英文摘要	Rivers are the main water source for the oases, and rivers are essential for the wellbeing of the human inhabitants in the desert areas. The Keriya River flows through the south-central Taklimakan desert, the second largest mobile desert on Earth, in northwest China. The earliest archaeological site in the interior of the Taklimakan Desert together with the remains of several ancient cities are located along the Keriya River. Accurately dating the dry watercourses and ancient sites in this region is critical for understanding the changes in fluvial hydrology and their relationship with human activities in desert areas. Specially, the interactions between the hydrological processes of the Keriya River, and human activities are poorly understood due to the lack of a reliable chronology for this river associated with these ancient sites. In this study, we collected 18 samples from 12 fluvial and lacustrine sedimentary sequences for optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, and we also, reviewed 23 dating results from previous studies to reconstruct the hydrological processes of the Keriya River since the early Holocene. Additionally, we also tested 28 C-14 dates from three ancient sites, combined with 33 C-14 dates from previous studies to reconstruct a timeline of human migration within the desert. The results show that the Keriya River retreated continuously from the early Holocene onward, due to the decreased supply of glacial meltwater and precipitation in the surrounding mountains, and this process triggered human migrations from north to south in the Taklimakan Desert after similar to 3.5 ka. Overall, our findings reveal that variations in fluvial hydrological processes can trigger human migration in desert areas under the background of the global climate change.
英文关键词	Fluvial and lacustrine sediments OSL dating Hydrological processes Keriya river Holocene
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001216964000001
WOS关键词	TARIM BASIN ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ; TAKLAMAKAN DESERT ; SOUTHERN MARGIN ; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; CHINA ; LUMINESCENCE ; XINJIANG ; QUARTZ
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405250
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Aijun,Zhao, Hui,Ma, Minmin,et al. Southward retreat of the Keriya River drove human migration in the Taklimakan Desert during the late Holocene[J],2024,332.
APA	Sun, Aijun.,Zhao, Hui.,Ma, Minmin.,Liu, Bing.,Li, Yuan.,...&Chen, Fahu.(2024).Southward retreat of the Keriya River drove human migration in the Taklimakan Desert during the late Holocene.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,332.
MLA	Sun, Aijun,et al."Southward retreat of the Keriya River drove human migration in the Taklimakan Desert during the late Holocene".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 332(2024).