[HTML][HTML] Reorganization of Asian climate in relation to Tibetan Plateau uplift

F Wu, X Fang, Y Yang, G Dupont-Nivet, J Nie… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Reorganization of the Asian climate from one dominated by global planetary wind systems
to a regional monsoon climate is closely related to the surface uplift of the Tibetan Plateau …

The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

The rise and demise of the Paleogene Central Tibetan Valley

Z Xiong, X Liu, L Ding, A Farnsworth, RA Spicer… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Reconstructing the Paleogene topography and climate of central Tibet informs
understanding of collisional tectonic mechanisms and their links to climate and biodiversity …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of the modern global monsoon from the Pangaea megamonsoon set by palaeogeography

Y Hu, X Li, WR Boos, J Guo, J Lan, Q Lin, J Han… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Geologic evidence and palaeoclimate simulations have indicated the existence of an
extensive, interconnected megamonsoon system over the Pangaea supercontinent …

Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia

SF Li, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth, T Davies-Barnard… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau throughout the past 66 million years has profoundly
affected the Asian climate, but how this unparalleled orogenesis might have driven …

A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical “Shangri-La” ecosystem in central Tibet

T Su, RA Spicer, FX Wu, A Farnsworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Tibet's ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative
due to a paucity of quantitative surface-height measurements through time and space, and …

[HTML][HTML] The early Eocene rise of the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet: From low desert to high forest

Z Xiong, L Ding, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Views differ on the uplift history of the SE Tibetan Plateau and causal geodynamic
mechanisms, yet reliable age-constrained paleoaltimetry in this region could test growth …

A high-resolution climate simulation dataset for the past 540 million years

X Li, Y Hu, J Guo, J Lan, Q Lin, X Bao, S Yuan, M Wei… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Phanerozoic Eon has witnessed considerable changes in the climate system
as well as abundant animals and plant life. Therefore, the evolution of the climate system in …

[HTML][HTML] DeepMIP: Model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data

DJ Lunt, F Bragg, WL Chan, DK Hutchinson… - Climate of the …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
We present results from an ensemble of eight climate models, each of which has carried out
simulations of the early Eocene climate optimum (EECO,∼ 50 million years ago). These …