7,300-year multi-proxy record of the sediment cores TOC 11-04 and TRGC 14-06 from Taro Co, Tibetan Plateau, P.R. China

Here we present results from a paleolimnological study on the currently endorheic Central Tibetan lake Taro Co. We critically compare a record from the central part of the lake to a record from the near-shore area, using multiple proxies of sedimentological and paleoecological (chironomid, diatom, pollen) indicators. The results show three stages of lake-wide ecosystem change (> ca. 5,000, ca. 5,000 to ca. 2,200 and < ca. 2,200 cal. yr. BP) along a continuous drying trend throughout the Mid and Late Holocene.