Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review

F Cheng, M Jolivet, Z Guo, L Wang, C Zhang, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, the Qaidam basin preserves over 10 km
thick of Cenozoic sediments. Those sediments represent a unique archive of the evolution of …

Late Carboniferous collision between the Tarim and Kazakhstan–Yili terranes in the western segment of the South Tian Shan Orogen, Central Asia, and implications …

BF Han, GQ He, XC Wang, ZJ Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The Tian Shan of Central Asia is located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Central Asian Orogenic System or CAOS) …

What controlled Mid–Late Miocene long-term aridification in Central Asia?—Global cooling or Tibetan Plateau uplift: A review

Y Miao, M Herrmann, F Wu, X Yan, S Yang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Debate continues over whether global cooling or uplift of the Tibetan Plateau provided the
first-order driver for the aridification (moisture levels) of Central Asia throughout the Mid …

GPS velocity field for the Tien Shan and surrounding regions

AV Zubovich, X Wang, YG Scherba… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements at∼ 400 campaign‐style GPS points and another 14 continuously recording
stations in central Asia define variations in their velocities both along and across the Kyrgyz …

Neotectonics around the Ordos Block, North China: A review and new insights

W Shi, S Dong, J Hu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The multiphase intensive intra-continental deformation of the Eurasian continent in the
Cenozoic caused by Indo–Asian and Pacific–Asian collisions has been studied extensively …

The magnetic and color reflectance properties of hematite: From Earth to Mars

Z Jiang, Q Liu, AP Roberts, MJ Dekkers… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hematite is a canted antiferromagnet with reddish color that occurs widely on Earth and
Mars. Identification and quantification of hematite is conveniently achieved through its …

Coupling between uplift of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt-NE Tibetan Plateau and accumulation of aeolian Red Clay in the inner Asia began at~ 7 Ma

J Sun, Z Ding, W Xiao, BF Windley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The Asian interior contains the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB, the longest accretionary
orogen on Earth), the largest mid-latitude desert, and the most widespread late Cenozoic …

The role of paleogeography in Asian monsoon evolution: A review and new insights from climate modelling

D Tardif, AC Sarr, F Fluteau, A Licht, M Kaya… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic history of the central Chinese Tian Shan: Reactivated tectonic structures and active deformation

M Jolivet, S Dominguez, J Charreau, Y Chen, Y Li… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The present‐day topography of the Tian Shan range is considered to result from crustal
shortening related to the ongoing India‐Asia collision that started in the early Tertiary. In this …

Magnetostratigraphy of the Dahonggou section, northern Qaidam Basin and its bearing on Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan and Altyn Tagh Fault

H Lu, S Xiong - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The timing of uplift of the Tibet Plateau has a central role in the development of tectonic
models for the Tibet Plateau and Cenozoic global climate change. A detailed …