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 …

Antarctica and supercontinent evolution: historical perspectives, recent advances and unresolved issues

SL Harley, ICW Fitzsimons, Y Zhao - Geological Society, London …, 2013 - lyellcollection.org
The Antarctic rock record spans some 3.5 billion years of history, and has made important
contributions to our understanding of how Earth's continents assemble and disperse through …

[HTML][HTML] Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

JP Klages, U Salzmann, T Bickert, CD Hillenbrand… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The mid-Cretaceous period was one of the warmest intervals of the past 140 million years,,,–
, driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of around 1,000 parts per million by volume. In …

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 …

Linking Taiwan to the Cathaysia Block during the Cenozoic: Evidence from Pb isotopes in detrital K-feldspar

C Wang, L Wei, CS Chiang, DA Foster, H Cui… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Cenozoic sedimentary rocks on the island of Taiwan hold significant implications for
understanding tectonic and drainage evolutions in SE China, but the provenance of these …

Reduce or recycle? Revealing source to sink links through integrated zircon–feldspar provenance fingerprinting

M Barham, CL Kirkland, J Hovikoski, P Alsen… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A bstract The geochemical character of detrital mineral grains carries information that can be
used to track sediment generation and transport within the broader context of basin …

[HTML][HTML] 宜昌第四纪砾石层钾长石主, 微量元素物源研究及其地质意义

林旭, 刘海金, 吴中海, 刘维明, 张洋… - 地质力学学报, 2021 - journal.geomech.ac.cn
位于长江三峡出口的宜昌地区分布着一套第四纪砂砾石层, 详细记录了区域内古环境变迁以及
长江的形成与演化, 但这些砾石层何时与长江上游物质建立物源关系一直存在较大争议 …

Analysis of Antarctic glacigenic sediment provenance through geochemical and petrologic applications

KJ Licht, SR Hemming - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The number of provenance studies of glacigenic sediments in Antarctica has increased
dramatically over the past decade, providing an enhanced understanding of ice sheet …

Silt-size sediment provenance of the Jianggang radial sand ridges in the southwestern Yellow Sea identified by geochemistry of quartz and K-feldspar

T Li, W Rao, Y Zhang, C Mao - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the geochemistry of K-feldspar and quartz, combined with MixSIAR and MDS
models, was applied to illustrate the provenance of silt-size sediments in the Jianggang …