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 …

The evolution of hydroclimate in Asia over the Cenozoic: A stable-isotope perspective

JKC Rugenstein, CP Chamberlain - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Links between tectonics and regional climate have been extensively studied in Asia.
However, despite decades of research, the relative roles of tectonics and global climate in …

Role of the westerlies in Central Asia climate over the Cenozoic

JK Caves, MJ Winnick, SA Graham, DJ Sjostrom… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
There remains substantial debate concerning the relative roles of tectonics and of global
climate in pacing the evolution of aridity in Central Asia over the Cenozoic. Tibetan Plateau …

Obliquity forcing of lake-level changes and organic carbon burial during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age

R Wei, R Zhang, M Li, X Wang, Z Jin - Global and Planetary Change, 2023 - Elsevier
The linkages between the astronomical forcing of sea-level oscillations, the environment,
and climate change during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) add to our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Astronomical forcing of Middle Permian terrestrial climate recorded in a large paleolake in northwestern China

H Huang, Y Gao, MM Jones, H Tao, AR Carroll… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geological records of Milankovitch cycles provide a temporal framework for reconstructing
Earth climate evolution and mapping out the history of the ancient Solar System …

The role of the westerlies and orography in Asian hydroclimate since the late Oligocene

X Wang, B Carrapa, Y Sun, DL Dettman… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Interactions between midlatitude westerlies and the Pamir–Tian Shan mountains
significantly impact hydroclimate patterns in Central Asia today, and they played an …

Astronomical constraints on the development of alkaline lake during the Carboniferous-Permian Period in North Pangea

H Huang, Y Gao, C Ma, L Niu, T Dong, X Tian… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Astronomical forcing associated with Earth's orbital and inclination exerts a major control on
climate as recorded in the sedimentary rocks. Alkaline lake deposits in the second member …

Paleoenvironmental setting, mechanism and consequence of massive organic carbon burial in the Permian Junggar Basin, NW China

Y Gao, H Huang, H Tao, AR Carroll, J Qin… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Junggar Basin in northwestern China is a typical “walled” sedimentary basin
that has a prolonged basin evolution history from the Paleozoic to Cenozoic and is rich in …

[PDF][PDF] Aridification of Central Asia and uplift of the Altai and Hangay Mountains, Mongolia: Stable isotope evidence

JK Caves, DJ Sjostrom, HT Mix, MJ Winnick… - 2014 - scholarcommons.scu.edu
Central Asia has become increasingly arid during the Cenozoic, though the mechanisms
behind this aridification remain unresolved. Much attention has focused on the influence and …

Late Cretaceous–Palaeogene topography of the Chinese Tian Shan: New insights from geomorphology and sedimentology

M Jolivet, L Barrier, O Dauteuil, A Laborde, Q Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Cenozoic growth of the intra-continental Tian Shan Range initiated during the late
Eocene–Oligocene, and led to a tectonic reactivation of the complex Palaeozoic and …