[HTML][HTML] The late Eocene rise of SE Tibet formed an Asian 'Mediterranean'climate

C Zhao, Z Xiong, A Farnsworth, RA Spicer, S He… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southeastern (SE) Tibet forms the transition zone between the high interior Tibetan Plateau
and the lowlands of southwest China. So understanding the elevation history of SE Tibet, a …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic low temperature cooling history of the eastern Lhasa terrane: Implications for high-relief topography of external drainage area in the southern …

W Su, Z He, L Zhong, S Glorie, K Zhong, J De Grave - Geoscience Frontiers, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau geographically contains internal and external drainage areas
based on the distributions of river flows and catchments. The internal and external drainage …

[HTML][HTML] Limits of oxygen isotope palaeoaltimetry in Tibet

A Farnsworth, PJ Valdes, L Ding, RA Spicer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Measurements of stable water isotopes (oxygen and hydrogen) are commonly used to
estimate palaeoelevation and quantify past changes in surface height across Tibet. Isotope …

Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Lunpola basin strata constrains the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of central Tibet

X Liu, R Gao, X Guo, L Ding - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of central Tibet plays an important role in the growth of the
Tibetan plateau. Paleoelevation studies show that the central Tibetan plateau hosted an …

Late Oligocene mountain building of the East Kunlun Shan in northeastern Tibet: impact on the Cenozoic climate evolution in East Asia

C Li, D Zheng, J Yu, R Zhou, Y Wang, J Pang… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The role of northern Tibet in the Cenozoic climate evolution in East Asia remains
controversial owing to a lack of constraints on the timing and pattern of mountain building …

[HTML][HTML] Paleomagnetism and geochronology of upper Eocene volcanic rocks from the western Qiangtang block: Constraints on the post-collisional shortening in …

P Song, L Ding, T Zhao, J Li, Y Yue, J Xie - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics of the uplift of the Tibetan blocks requires constraints on the
timing and magnitude of the crustal shortening accommodated by the different blocks …

Molecular phylogeny of mega-diverse Carabus attests late Miocene evolution of alpine environments in the Himalayan–Tibetan Orogen

J Schmidt, L Opgenoorth, K Mao, CB Baniya… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The timing, sequence, and scale of uplift of the Himalayan–Tibetan Orogen (HTO) are
controversially debated. Many geoscientific studies assume paleoelevations close to …