Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review

F Cheng, M Jolivet, Z Guo, L Wang, C Zhang, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, the Qaidam basin preserves over 10 km
thick of Cenozoic sediments. Those sediments represent a unique archive of the evolution of …

The interplay between climate and tectonics during the upward and outward growth of the Qilian Shan orogenic wedge, northern Tibetan Plateau

F Cheng, CN Garzione, G Mitra, M Jolivet, Z Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mountains grow upward and outward when the accretion of material outpaces its removal.
Mountain building is synergistically influenced by geodynamics, internal structures (crustal …

Tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan: An early Paleozoic orogen reactivated in the Cenozoic

AV Zuza, C Wu, RC Reith, A Yin, J Li… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Qilian Shan, located along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, has
experienced multiple episodes of tectonic deformation, including Neoproterozoic continental …

Cenozoic cooling history of the North Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau, and the initiation of the Haiyuan fault: Constraints from apatite-and zircon-fission track …

B Li, X Chen, AV Zuza, D Hu, W Ding, P Huang, S Xu - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau resulted primarily from India-Asia convergence since
initial collision at 65–55 Ma. The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt and the left-slip strike …

[HTML][HTML] Underthrusting and duplexing beneath the northern Tibetan Plateau and the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

AV Zuza, C Wu, Z Wang, DA Levy, B Li… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt is the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau,
which developed in part due to progressive India-Asia convergence during Himalayan …

Cenozoic multi-phase deformation in the Qilian Shan and out-of-sequence development of the northern Tibetan Plateau

B Li, AV Zuza, X Chen, D Hu, Z Shao, B Qi, Z Wang… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the distribution of deformation across it are the
result of India-Asia collision, which bring an opportunity of understanding intracontinental …

Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic reactivation of a Paleozoic‐early Mesozoic orogen

C Wu, AV Zuza, X Chen, L Ding, DA Levy, C Liu… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Eastern Kunlun Range in north Tibet, located along the northern margin of the
eastern Tethyan orogenic system, records evidence for continental break‐up and ocean …

Late Mesozoic–Cenozoic cooling history of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its foreland derived from low-temperature thermochronology

C Wu, AV Zuza, J Li, PJ Haproff, A Yin, X Chen… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The growth history and formation mechanisms of the Cenozoic Tibetan Plateau are the
subject of an intense debate with important implications for understanding the kinematics …

New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of South China: Early Paleozoic sinistral and Triassic dextral transpression in the east Wuyishan and Chencai domains, NE …

J Li, Y Zhang, G Zhao, ST Johnston, S Dong… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The northeast Cathaysia area is characterized by an archetypical, transpressional system
with widespread strike‐slip shear zones whose geometries, kinematics, and ages are critical …

Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic granitoids in the central Qilian Shan of northern Tibet: Reconstructing the amalgamation processes and tectonic …

C Wu, AV Zuza, A Yin, C Liu, RC Reith… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Our understanding of the assembly history of Asia depends critically on the tectonic
relationships between its major cratons, including Siberia, North China, South China, and …