Chemical records were recovered from snow pits samples collected over the two transects (south|north transect and southeast|northwest transect) of the Qinghai—Tibetan plateau. It shows that the mean concentration of the major ions over the south regions of Mt. Tanggula is lower than that of the north regions. The flux of major ions over north plateau is over 3 times higher than the south. The cloudy atmosphere of the north plateau is mainly contributed to the local input of dust, while in the south plateau, sea salt ions transported by Indian monsoon is considerable. The continental dust transportation from the north and the marine aerosol transportation from the south reach an approximately equilibrium around Mt. Tanggula regions. Stable oxygen isotopic ratios ( δ 18 O) in precipitation from the south|north transect shows that, over the north plateau, δ 18 O is positively correlated with temperature, while over south of the plateau the correlation becomes weak and δ 18 O is more correlated with the amount of precipitation.
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