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Article: Optical dating of Tibetan human hand- and footprints: An implication for the palaeoenvironment of the last glaciation of the Tibetan Plateau
Title | Optical dating of Tibetan human hand- and footprints: An implication for the palaeoenvironment of the last glaciation of the Tibetan Plateau |
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Issue Date | 2002 |
Citation | Geophysical Research Letters, 2002, v. 29 n. 5, p. 16-1-16-3 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The Tibetan Plateau is a cold and arid environment with poor archaeological finds. It is generally assumed to have been covered by ice sheet during the last ice age. Nineteen handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens on hot spring travertine and the remnant of a fireplace have been found at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan Plateau. Based on the optically stimulated luminescence of quartz extracted from samples of the baked and unheated travertine, the age of the prints and the fireplace are around 20,000. These finds suggest that there were humans living in this area around the time of the last glacial maximum (LGM), and that the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan Plateau at this time. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151085 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.850 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhang, DD | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Li, SH | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-26T06:16:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-26T06:16:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Geophysical Research Letters, 2002, v. 29 n. 5, p. 16-1-16-3 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151085 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Tibetan Plateau is a cold and arid environment with poor archaeological finds. It is generally assumed to have been covered by ice sheet during the last ice age. Nineteen handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens on hot spring travertine and the remnant of a fireplace have been found at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan Plateau. Based on the optically stimulated luminescence of quartz extracted from samples of the baked and unheated travertine, the age of the prints and the fireplace are around 20,000. These finds suggest that there were humans living in this area around the time of the last glacial maximum (LGM), and that the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan Plateau at this time. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Geophysical Research Letters | en_HK |
dc.rights | Geophysical Research Letters. Copyright © American Geophysical Union. | - |
dc.title | Optical dating of Tibetan human hand- and footprints: An implication for the palaeoenvironment of the last glaciation of the Tibetan Plateau | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Zhang, DD: zhangd@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Li, SH: shli@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhang, DD=rp00649 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, SH=rp00740 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1029/2001GL013749 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0036522152 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 71521 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 70972 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036522152&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 29 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 16-1 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 16-3 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000178886500005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Zhang, DD=9732911600 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Li, SH=24438103700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0094-8276 | - |