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 …

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 …

Cenozoic exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from low‐temperature thermochronology

W Wang, D Zheng, C Li, Y Wang, Z Zhang, J Pang… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau is related to the Cenozoic India‐Eurasia plate collision;
however, its growth and evolution to its present margins remain matters of debate. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic Activity in the Southern Alashan Block and the Latest Boundary of Outward Expansion on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

W Zheng, B Zhang, D Yuan, G Chen, Y Zhang… - J. Earth Sci …, 2021 - jese.chd.edu.cn
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[HTML][HTML] 祁连山内部门源盆地地貌特征及构造意义

李红强, 袁道阳, 苏琦, 文亚猛, 苏瑞欢, 孙浩… - 地质力学 …, 2023 - journal.geomech.ac.cn
祁连山位于青藏高原东北部边缘, 是青藏高原向北东方向挤压扩展的前缘部位,
其典型流域地貌特征记录了该地区的新构造活动和地貌发育演化过程. 门源盆地是位于祁连山 …

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 …

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 …

Miocene range growth along the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights from apatite fission track and (U‐Th)/He thermochronometry in the western Danghenan Shan, China

J Yu, D Zheng, J Pang, Y Wang, M Fox… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The left‐lateral strike‐slip Altyn Tagh fault that defines the northern margin of the Tibetan
Plateau plays a crucial role in accommodating the Cenozoic deformation related to the …

Cenozoic tectonic development in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from thermochronological and sedimentological records

J Yu, D Zheng, W Wang, J Pang, C Li, Y Wang… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The northeastern Tibetan Plateau occupies the northernmost portion of the plateau,
whose timing and pattern of deformation during its Cenozoic tectonic development provide …

Late Oligocene tectonic uplift of the East Kunlun Shan: expansion of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

C Li, D Zheng, R Zhou, J Yu, Y Wang… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and temporal patterns of mountain building in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
provide important constraints on competing plateau growth models. We focus on the East …