Sedimentary provenance perspectives on the evolution of the major rivers draining the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Z Zhang, JS Daly, Y Tian, S Tyrrell, X Sun… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The origin and development of the major rivers in the eastern Tibetan Plateau have been a
special focus of research because of the close links recognized between river formation …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeodrainage evolution of the large rivers of East Asia, and Himalayan-Tibet tectonics

P Zhang, Y Najman, L Mei, I Millar, ER Sobel… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the tectonics that gave rise to the formation of Tibet is critical to our
understanding of crustal deformation processes. The unusual geomorphology of the …

Existence of a continental-scale river system in eastern Tibet during the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene

X Zhao, H Zhang, R Hetzel, E Kirby, AR Duvall… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The establishment of continental-scale drainage systems on Earth is largely controlled by
topography related to plate boundary deformation and buoyant mantle. Drainage patterns of …

Sedimentary provenance constraints on the Cretaceous to Cenozoic palaeogeography of the western margin of the Jianghan Basin, South China

X Lin, J Liu-Zeng, M Jolivet, W Liu, F Cheng, H Liu… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Provenance analysis of sedimentary basins is a direct way to understand the uplift of
orogenic belts, basin deposition, and evolution of large rivers. A series of Mesozoic and …

A late eocene‐oligocene through‐flowing river between the upper Yangtze and south China sea

PD Clift, A Carter, A Wysocka… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We test the hypothesis of a major Paleogene river draining the SE Tibetan Plateau and the
central modern Yangtze Basin that then flowed south to the South China Sea. We test this …

Sedimentary recycling in Jianchuan Basin, SE Tibetan Plateau: A solution to the debate on the formation age of the First Bend (Yangtze River)

Z Zhang, JS Daly, Y Tian, Y Wang, E Badenszki, X Sun… - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
The sedimentary archive of the Jianchuan Basin provides a critical constraint on the
formation of the “First Bend”, a major geomorphological feature of the Yangtze River …

Formation of the three gorges (Yangtze River) no earlier than 10 Ma

Z Zhang, JS Daly, S Tyrrell, X Sun, E Badenszki… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The timing of formation of the Three Gorges, a critical capture point on the Yangtze River,
has been debated for more than a century. In this paper, we review the existing evidence …

Cretaceous mountain building processes triggered the aridification and drainage evolution in east Asia

C Wu, X Sun, G Li, L Huang, H Jiao, Z Li, X Jian… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Knowledge of the late Mesozoic topography and drainage system of the Tibetan
Plateau is essential for understanding the Cenozoic tectonic dynamics of the plateau …

Heavy mineral analysis and detrital U-Pb ages of the intracontinental Paleo-Yangzte basin: Implications for a transcontinental source-to-sink system during Late …

B Deng, D Chew, L Jiang, C Mark, N Cogné… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Paleo-Yangtze Basin is hypothesized to have connected the Sichuan, Xichang,
and Chuxiong basins during the Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic. The Paleo-Yangtze Basin …

The present-day Yangtze River was established in the late Miocene: Evidence from detrital zircon ages

X Fu, W Zhu, J Geng, S Yang, K Zhong, X Huang… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze River originates in the Tibetan Plateau and supplies tremendous
sediments to the East China Sea. To date, when and how the Yangtze River was formed is …