Reconstructing chemical weathering, physical erosion and monsoon intensity since 25 Ma in the northern South China Sea: a review of competing proxies

PD Clift, S Wan, J Blusztajn - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the changing strength of the East Asian summer monsoon has been
controversial because different proxies, many being indirect measures of rainfall, tell …

Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution

X Fang, Y Fang, J Zan, W Zhang, C Song, E Appel… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Xining Basin is well known for its thick and continuous sequence of fine-
grained Cenozoic sediments. In addition, it contains important Xiejia fauna which define the …

Ancient orogenic and monsoon-driven assembly of the world's richest temperate alpine flora

WN Ding, RH Ree, RA Spicer, YW Xing - Science, 2020 - science.org
Origins of an alpine flora The evolution of high mountain floras is strongly influenced by
tectonic and climatic history. Ding et al. document the timing, tempo, and mode by which the …

[PDF][PDF] 近70 年来中国自然地理与生存环境基础研究的重要进展与展望

陈发虎, 傅伯杰, 夏军, 吴铎, 吴绍洪, 张镱锂… - 中国科学: 地球 …, 2019 - researchgate.net
摘要自然环境是人类赖以生存和发展的基础, 探索自然环境及其各要素(如地貌, 气候, 水文,
土壤等) 的特征, 演变过程, 地域分异规律以及驱动机制是自然地理学的重点研究内容 …

Stable isotopes reveal high southeast Tibetan Plateau margin since the Paleogene

GD Hoke, J Liu-Zeng, MT Hren, GK Wissink… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The evolution of the topography of eastern Tibet reflects the dynamic interaction between
processes at Earth's surface and the lower crust. Reconstruction of its spatio-temporal …

Existence of a continental-scale river system in eastern Tibet during the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene

X Zhao, H Zhang, R Hetzel, E Kirby, AR Duvall… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The establishment of continental-scale drainage systems on Earth is largely controlled by
topography related to plate boundary deformation and buoyant mantle. Drainage patterns of …

Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects

F Chen, B Fu, J Xia, D Wu, S Wu, Y Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
The natural environment provides material essentials for human survival and development.
The characteristics, processes, regional differentiation and forcing mechanisms of the …

Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3–2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze craton, South China: implications for late Archean tectonics

JL Guo, YB Wu, S Gao, ZM Jin, KQ Zong, ZC Hu… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean Kongling Terrane preserves voluminous Paleoarchean-
Paleoproterozoic granitoids, recording the early formation and evolution history of the …

[PDF][PDF] Sichuan Basin and beyond: Eastward foreland growth of the Tibetan Plateau from an integration of Late Cretaceous‐Cenozoic fission track and (U‐Th)/He ages …

Z Yang, C Shen, L Ratschbacher… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2017 - researchgate.net
Combining 121 new fission track and (U-Th)/He ages with published thermochronologic
data, we investigate the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic exhumation/cooling history of the …

Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China

H Zheng, PD Clift, M He, Z Bian, G Liu, X Liu… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The First Bend on the Yangtze River (China), the point where the river ceases
flowing toward the south and heads toward the northeast, has been one of the most strongly …