What controlled Mid–Late Miocene long-term aridification in Central Asia?—Global cooling or Tibetan Plateau uplift: A review

Y Miao, M Herrmann, F Wu, X Yan, S Yang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Debate continues over whether global cooling or uplift of the Tibetan Plateau provided the
first-order driver for the aridification (moisture levels) of Central Asia throughout the Mid …

Coupling between uplift of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt-NE Tibetan Plateau and accumulation of aeolian Red Clay in the inner Asia began at~ 7 Ma

J Sun, Z Ding, W Xiao, BF Windley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The Asian interior contains the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB, the longest accretionary
orogen on Earth), the largest mid-latitude desert, and the most widespread late Cenozoic …

GPS velocity field for the Tien Shan and surrounding regions

AV Zubovich, X Wang, YG Scherba… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements at∼ 400 campaign‐style GPS points and another 14 continuously recording
stations in central Asia define variations in their velocities both along and across the Kyrgyz …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic study of the Paleogene-Neogene strata in the Northern Qaidam Basin: Implications for the growth of the Northeastern Tibetan …

J Ji, K Zhang, PD Clift, G Zhuang, B Song, X Ke… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic terrestrial, intermontane Qaidam Basin on the northeastern edge of
the Tibetan Plateau contains> 12 km of sedimentary rocks that potentially document the …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Huaitoutala section in the eastern Qaidam Basin on the NE Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Province, China and its …

X Fang, W Zhang, Q Meng, J Gao, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
The closed inland Qaidam Basin in the NE Tibetan Plateau contains possibly the world's
thickest (∼ 12,000 m) continuous sequence of Cenozoic fluviolacustrine sedimentary rocks …

Magnetostratigraphy of the Dahonggou section, northern Qaidam Basin and its bearing on Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan and Altyn Tagh Fault

H Lu, S Xiong - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The timing of uplift of the Tibet Plateau has a central role in the development of tectonic
models for the Tibet Plateau and Cenozoic global climate change. A detailed …

The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

W Wang, P Zhang, J Pang, C Garzione… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sedimentary deposits in Tibetan Basins archive the spatial‐temporal patterns of the
deformation and surface uplift processes that created the area's high topography during the …

Source-to-sink fluctuations of Asian aeolian deposits since the late Oligocene

Y Sun, Y Yan, J Nie, G Li, Z Shi, X Qiang, H Chang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The source-to-sink fluctuations of Asian aeolian deposits have been investigated over the
past two decades using multiple mineralogical and geochemical tracers. These source …

Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim Basin and surrounding ranges (Xinjiang, China): A regional overview

A Laborde, L Barrier, M Simoes, H Li, T Coudroy… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
With its central position between the Tibetan Plateau and the Tian Shan Range, the Tarim
Basin is a key element of the Cenozoic Asian orogenic system. However, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Initiation of clockwise rotation and eastward transport of southeastern Tibet inferred from deflected fault traces and GPS observations

W Gan, P Molnar, P Zhang, G Xiao, S Liang… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Eastward transport and clockwise rotation of crust around the southeastern margin of the
Tibetan Plateau dominates active deformation east of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis …