Astronomical influence on Miocene continental environments in Tibet, east-central Asia

X Yao, S Dai, Z Wang, M Li… - Geological Society of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Studies of Cenozoic lacustrine cyclostratigraphy in northeastern Tibet have been successful
in reconstructing the history of precipitation and aridification at astronomical (Milankovitch) …

Orbital eccentricity and inclination metronomes in Middle Miocene lacustrine mudstones of Jiuxi Basin, Tibet: Closing an astrochronology time gap and calibrating …

X Yao, S Dai, M Li, L Hinnov - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Reconstructing Cenozoic lacustrine astrochronology is essential for understanding climatic
and environmental change around northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Existing models attribute …

Eocene climate and hydrology of eastern Asia controlled by orbital forcing and Tibetan Plateau uplift

Q Zhang, L Shen, X Fu, J Wang, S Zeng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The relationship between the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the aridification of eastern
Asia during the middle to late Eocene is still controversial, primarily due to the lack of high …

Middle to late Miocene eccentricity forcing on lake expansion in NE Tibet

Z Wang, C Huang, A Licht, R Zhang… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) variability on orbital time scale has been
extensively investigated in Quaternary loess and speleothems. However, EASM variability …

Eccentricity forcing of the hydrological cycle in East Asia during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO)

R Zhang, C Huang, DB Kemp, Z Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO) may be a potentially useful analog for
future global warming under high CO2 concentrations. However, a paucity of orbital‐scale …

Obliquity forcing of Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene aridification in the Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

Q Su, J Nie, W Han, CN Garzione, P Gao - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the variations of aridification during past warm periods can help
predict future aridification trends. However, the variation of aridity during the warm Pliocene …

Monsoonal forcing of Holocene paleoenvironmental change on the central Tibetan Plateau inferred using a sediment record from Lake Nam Co (Xizang, China)

S DoberschŘtz, P Frenzel, T Haberzettl… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
This study focuses on Holocene monsoon dynamics on the central Tibetan Plateau (TP)
inferred using a sediment record from Lake Nam Co. A high-resolution (decadal) multi-proxy …

Changes in Tibetan Plateau latitude as an important factor for understanding East Asian climate since the Eocene: A modeling study

R Zhang, D Jiang, G Ramstein, Z Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous climate modeling studies suggest that the surface uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan
plateau (TP) is a crucial parameter for the onset and intensification of the East Asian …

Rapid and punctuated late Holocene recession of Siling Co, central Tibet

X Shi, E Kirby, KP Furlong, K Meng, R Robinson… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Variations in the strength of the Asian monsoon during Holocene time are thought to have
been associated with widespread changes in precipitation across much of Tibet. Local …

Miocene lake evolution in the western Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from aquatic-plant pollen

H Wang, F Wu, L Yang, X Fang - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Qaidam Basin existed as a paleolake at least as early as the Oligocene, which was quite
different from the present-day desert landscape. The paleolake in the basin evolved from its …