To contribute to a better understanding of Neogene climate evolution in Central Asia, we
here present the first orbitally tuned time scale for a drillcore record from the Qaidam Basin …

The availability of accurate and reliable age control is a crucial prerequisite for
palaeoclimate studies, particularly when different archives are to be compared. Here we …

Abstract Global cooling, Tibetan Plateau uplift and the retreat of the Para-Tethys Sea have
long been thought to be the key controls of the Cenozoic climate change in the Asian inland …

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 …

Abstract The Qaidam Basin, as the largest inland basin within the Tibetan Plateau, has
accumulated more than 10,000 m of Cenozoic continental sediments. It serves as a crucial …

Detailed analysis of whole-rock geochemistry, clay minerals, sedimentary color, and pollen
in the Dahonggou section, northeast of the Qaidam Basin, are investigated, and the results …

Abstract The Pliocene-Quaternary aridification of the Asian interior is key to understanding
the impacts of global cooling and Tibetan Plateau uplift and the potential linkage to North …

Climate models suggest that Asian paleoenvironments, monsoons and continental
aridification were primarily governed by tectonic uplift and sea retreat since the Eocene with …

This study presents facies analysis and carbonate stable isotopic records of a 4435-m-thick
Oligocene–middle Miocene (~ 30 to~ 11 Ma) stratigraphic section from the southwestern …

Abstract The Qaidam Basin is an internally drained basin located in the northeastern Tibetan
Plateau. Presently, over 50% of the basin floor exposes thick (> 1 km) sections of Pliocene …