[PDF][PDF] Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'is a myth

RA Spicer, T Su, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The often-used phrase 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a
coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement …

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 …

Revised chronology of central Tibet uplift (Lunpola Basin)

X Fang, G Dupont-Nivet, C Wang, C Song, Q Meng… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Knowledge of the topographic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau is essential for
understanding its construction and its influences on climate, environment, and biodiversity …

Paleogeography control of Indian monsoon intensification and expansion at 41 Ma

X Fang, M Yan, W Zhang, J Nie, W Han, F Wu, C Song… - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
As a crucial part of the Asian monsoon stretching from tropical India to temperate East Asia,
the Indian monsoon (IM) contributes predominant precipitation over Asian continent …

Thermochronology constraints on the Cretaceous-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution in the Gaize region, central-western Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the …

K Tong, Z Li, L Zhu, G Xu, Y Zhang, PJJ Kamp… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial variations of exhumation in the central Tibetan Plateau (TP)
contain information about timing of the initial rise and growth of the TP. Here, we present …

Cretaceous–Cenozoic cooling history of the Qiangtang terrane and implications for Central Tibet formation

W Bi, Y Li, PJJ Kamp, G Xu, J Zhang, Z Han… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Reconstructing the growth process of the Qiangtang terrane in space and time is crucial for
understanding the geological evolution of Central Tibet. However, its growth process and …

Mid-Cretaceous drainage reorganization and exorheic to endorheic transition in Southeast Tibet

L Wang, L Ding, E Garzanti, L Shen, P Nulay… - Sedimentary …, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand the early topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau and the causes and
effects of climate change in this region, it is important to reconstruct the drainage evolution …

[HTML][HTML] The topographic evolution of the Tibetan Region as revealed by palaeontology

RA Spicer, T Su, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau was built through a succession of Gondwanan terranes
colliding with Asia during the Mesozoic. These accretions produced a complex Paleogene …

Late Eocene onset of the East Asian Monsoon in the Qingjiang Basin of Central Jiangxi Province (Southeast China) revealed by a major vegetation transition from …

Y Xie, F Wu, X Fang, J Song, Z Niu - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vast humid regions in southeast China are strongly influenced by the East Asian
Monsoon (EAM); however, the origin and underlying mechanisms driving the EAM in this …

[HTML][HTML] No significant provenance changes in the Hoh Xil Basin, central-northern Tibetan Plateau, from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Miocene

L Li, H Chang, AV Zuza, C Wu, X Qiang - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau has played a critical role in Cenozoic
global climatic cooling due to extensive chemical weathering and establishment of the Asian …