Moraines along the southwestern slopes of the Qilian Shan were dated using cosmogenic radionuclide (CRN) surface exposure techniques to help define the timing of glaciation in northernmost Tibet. The CRN data show glaciers extending 5–10 km beyond their present positions during the global Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and probably maintained at their maximum extent until the Lateglacial. These dat...

Three new species of the genus Craspedomerus from China are described and illustrated: C. giganteus Li & Zhou sp. n. from Sichuan, C. gongshanus Li & Zhou sp. n. from Yunnan and C. zhangi Li & Zhou sp. n. from Tibet. Four species are reported for the first time from China: C. sinetuber (Coiffait, 1977a) from Tibet, C. cyanipennis Scheerpeltz, 1976b, C. ganeshensis Coiffait, 1983 and C. glenoide...

Tourism is playing an important role in the economic development of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). To better develop tourism this region, spatial heterogeneity influencing factors on needs to be studied. Using distribution potential from social media data, paper analyzes QTP perspective heterogeneity. We extract microblogs related travel topics connected 2017 Sina Weibo capture potential. Then, c...

The crisis of Tibetan statehood in the second half 1940s and beginning 1950s accompanied by relaxation restrictions for foreigners to enter country next round interest culture general allowed many European explorers travelers reach Tibet other inaccessible places Indo-Tibetan frontier. Their expeditions have resulted not only increase number scientific publications on Tibet, which defined basic...

Ice Age megafauna have long been known to be associated with global cooling during the Pleistocene, and their adaptations to cold environments, such as large body size, long hair, and snow-sweeping structures, are best exemplified by the woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos. These traits were assumed to have evolved as a response to the ice sheet expansion. We report a new Pliocene mammal assembla...

In a baseline assessment of 30 rural villages surrounding Shigatse City, Tibet, many people, especially women, identified low back pain as a serious health problem. Consequently, we aimed to establish the prevalence of such pain and to develop appropriate interventions. We did a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of low back pain and related functional disability using two-stage random clu...

Received on: 04.07.2010 Accepted on: 17.11.2010 Address for correspondence Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA Email: [email protected]; cell 210-723-4339; Fax 202-248-0502 Introduction Traditional Tibetan medicine (TTM) has a long history on the Tibet plateau, stretching back at least 1500 years, drawn from its own traditions as well as Indian, Chinese, and re...

Emptiness (śūnyatā) is one of the most important topics in Buddhist thought and also is one of the most perplexing. Buddhists in Tibet have developed a sophisticated tradition of philosophical discourse on emptiness and ineffability. This paper discusses the meaning(s) of emptiness within three prominent traditions in Tibet: the Geluk (dge lugs), Jonang (jo nang), and Nyingma (rnying ma). I giv...