Version 1
: Received: 24 March 2024 / Approved: 24 March 2024 / Online: 25 March 2024 (08:14:19 CET)
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Li, M.; Tang, G.; Huang, H. A Review on Watershed Environment Study with Lake Sediment Records in China. Preprints2024, 2024031445. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1445.v1
Li, M.; Tang, G.; Huang, H. A Review on Watershed Environment Study with Lake Sediment Records in China. Preprints 2024, 2024031445. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1445.v1
Li, M.; Tang, G.; Huang, H. A Review on Watershed Environment Study with Lake Sediment Records in China. Preprints2024, 2024031445. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1445.v1
APA Style
Li, M., Tang, G., & Huang, H. (2024). A Review on Watershed Environment Study with Lake Sediment Records in China. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1445.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Li, M., Guoping Tang and Huasheng Huang. 2024 "A Review on Watershed Environment Study with Lake Sediment Records in China" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1445.v1
Abstract
Lake sediment records are of great importance for understanding the evolution of watershed environments. Various studies have been carried out to constrain the depositional ages of lake sediments and examine their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, aiming to construct historical vegetation, environment and climate patterns in Chinese lake watersheds. In this study, we obtained relevant literature on lake sediment records by searching the key word 'age-depth' from the databases – Web of Science and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, the largest Chinese academic database). We analyzed the literature based on its type (published in a Chinese/English journal or as a Master’s/PhD thesis), period of publication, journal (if published in a journal), key authors, study area, dating scale, and main aims. The results suggest that the lakes in the plateau regions are the most popular research topic typically covering 100–200 years (short-term) and 500–30,000 years (long-term). The literature focuses on a wide range of topics, from past environmental evolution in the watershed to lake ecology, and provides a solid foundation for better understanding regional climate change and the preservation of lake environments and ecosystems. In the future, resulting data from environmental reconstruction with lake sediments will be needed to integrate with emerging information processing technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence and meta-analysis), to disentangle the complex interplay between Earth surface processes and global climate change; furthermore, strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration will deepen our comprehension of man-land relationship and promote the sustainable management of lake ecosystems in the context of global climate change.
Keywords
literature review; lake sediments; lake ecosystems; paleoenvironment; paleoclimate; paleovegetation
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Paleontology
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