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 …

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 …

Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma

W Wang, P Zhang, CN Garzione… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The onset of mountain building along margins of the Tibetan Plateau provides a key
constraint on the processes by which the high topography in Eurasia formed. Although …

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 …

A new biologic paleoaltimetry indicating Late Miocene rapid uplift of northern Tibet Plateau

Y Miao, X Fang, J Sun, W Xiao, Y Yang, X Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The uplift of the Tibet Plateau (TP) during the Miocene is crucial to understanding the
evolution of Asian monsoon regimes and alpine biodiversity. However, the northern Tibet …

Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

C Wang, J Dai, X Zhao, Y Li, SA Graham, D He, B Ran… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits

SE Kesler, PW Gruber, PA Medina, GA Keoleian… - Ore geology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Previous studies of the availability of lithium for use in batteries to power electric vehicles
(EVs) have reached the generally encouraging conclusion that resources are sufficient to …

Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

W Wang, W Zheng, P Zhang, Q Li, E Kirby… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The appearance of detritus shed from mountain ranges along the northern margin of the
Tibetan Plateau heralds the Cenozoic development of high topography. Current estimates of …

The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large‐scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

DY Yuan, WP Ge, ZW Chen, CY Li, ZC Wang… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies of the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau have called attention to two
emerging views of how the Tibetan Plateau has grown. First, deformation in northern Tibet …

Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary

H Ao, EJ Rohling, R Zhang, AP Roberts… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary (MPB; 5.3 million years ago, Ma), late
Miocene cooling gave way to the early-to-middle Pliocene Warm Period. This transition …