摘要
It is generally considered that an ice cape called Daocheng ice cape(29°02’~30°08’N,99°48’~100°30’E) must have been developed on the south eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau during the Quaternary epoch.However,the chronology research about its formation and activities is far from enough.In this paper,six samples were collected from near Xionggu township(29°09’N,100°11’E) of Daocheng County and dated.It is discussed that Quaternary activities of the Daocheng ice cape on its south margin,based on the exposure dating of moraines,Roche moutonnée and erratic boulders by using in situ cosmogenic isotopes Be-10 and Al-26.It is found that the Daocheng ice cape was probably developed in the period between 800~600kaB.P.and shrank afterward.Four advances of the ice cape at its south margin occurred at 287.4~162.7kaB.P.,59.6~52.5kaB.P.,27.4~25.8kaB.P.and 19.8~19.0kaB.P.,respectively.The shrinking of the ice cape since at least 0.6MaB.P.is a probable result of the drying of climate in this region.That the Daocheng ice cape at the MIS 2 is smaller,not bigger than that at the MIS 3,may be due to the fact that climate at the MIS 2 is drier than that at the MIS 3.