Palaeo-environmental evolution of Central Asia during the Cenozoic: new insights from the continental sedimentary archive of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia)

Baldermann, Andre; Wasser, Oliver; Abdullayev, Elshan; Bernasconi, Stefano; Löhr, Stefan; Wemmer, Klaus; Piller, Werner E.; Rudmin, Maxim; Richoz, Sylvain

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1955-2021

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1955-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1955-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

Research article

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29 Sep 2021

Research article |

| 29 Sep 2021

Palaeo-environmental evolution of Central Asia during the Cenozoic: new insights from the continental sedimentary archive of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia)

Andre Baldermann, Oliver Wasser, Elshan Abdullayev, Stefano Bernasconi, Stefan Löhr, Klaus Wemmer, Werner E. Piller, Maxim Rudmin, and Sylvain Richoz

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1955-2021-supplement

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Palaeo-environmental evolution of Central Asia during the Cenozoic Andre Baldermann, Oliver Wasser, Elshan Abdullayev, Stefano Bernasconi, Stefan Carlos Löhr, Klaus Wemmer, Werner E. Piller, Maxim Rudmin, and Sylvain Richoz https://zenodo.org/record/5521410#.YUsyfX2xU-U

Short summary

We identified the provenance, (post)depositional history, weathering conditions and hydroclimate that formed the detrital and authigenic silicates and soil carbonates of the Valley of Lakes sediments in Central Asia during the Cenozoic (~34 to 21 Ma). Aridification pulses in continental Central Asia coincide with marine glaciation events and are caused by Cenozoic climate forcing and the exhumation of the Tian Shan, Hangay and Altai mountains, which reduced the moisture influx by westerly winds.