Cenozoic tectonic evolution of regional fault systems in the SE Tibetan Plateau

Y Wang, Y Wang, P Zhang, J Zhang, B Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The SE Tibetan Plateau, tectonically situated in the eastern India-Eurasia oblique
convergence zone, has experienced multiple stages of deformation since the Cenozoic …

[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 …

Rapid incision of the Mekong River in the middle Miocene linked to monsoonal precipitation

J Nie, G Ruetenik, K Gallagher, G Hoke… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The uplift of orogenic plateaus has been assumed to be coincident with the fluvial incision of
the gorges that commonly cut plateau margins. The Mekong River, which drains the eastern …

[HTML][HTML] 中国大陆活动构造基本特征及其对区域动力过程的控制

郑文俊, 张培震, 袁道阳, 吴传勇, 李志刚… - 地质力学 …, 2019 - journal.geomech.ac.cn
中国大陆活动构造的研究经历了近百年历程, 特别是二十世纪八十年代以来取得了诸多研究成果
和显著进展, 大量的针对性, 专业性, 目标性极强的调查和综合性研究工作, 奠定了中国大陆活动 …

Multiple episodes of fast exhumation since Cretaceous in southeast Tibet, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology

J Liu-Zeng, J Zhang, D McPhillips, P Reiners… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The southeast margin of the Tibetan plateau is characterized by deeply incised river valleys
separated by a perched low relief landscape that gently descends from the high Tibetan …

New Constraints on the Late Oligocene‐Miocene Thermo‐Tectonic Evolution of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau From Low‐Temperature Thermochronology

Z He, L Zhong, K Cao, W Su, S Glorie, K Zhong… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The southeastern (SE) Tibetan Plateau (Yunnan) is characterized by low‐relief
uplands that were deeply incised by large rivers. The thermal history of basement rocks in …

Middle Miocene reorganization of the Altyn Tagh fault system, northern Tibetan Plateau

L Wu, X Lin, E Cowgill, A Xiao, X Cheng… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Altyn Tagh fault system defines the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
and has played a central role in its topographic rise and outward growth during the …

Phytodiversity is associated with habitat heterogeneity from Eurasia to the Hengduan Mountains

Y Chang, K Gelwick, SD Willett, X Shen… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The geographic distribution of plant diversity matches the gradient of habitat heterogeneity
from lowlands to mountain regions. However, little is known about how much this …

[HTML][HTML] Southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau stopped expanding in the late Miocene

X Shen, J Braun, X Yuan - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The birth and expansion of continental plateaus exert a strong control on our planet's climate
and the distribution and evolution of its biodiversity. It has been proposed that the Tibetan …

[HTML][HTML] The late Eocene rise of SE Tibet formed an Asian 'Mediterranean'climate

C Zhao, Z Xiong, A Farnsworth, RA Spicer, S He… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southeastern (SE) Tibet forms the transition zone between the high interior Tibetan Plateau
and the lowlands of southwest China. So understanding the elevation history of SE Tibet, a …