Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic thermal structure and exhumation of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau margin: A doubly-vergent orogenic wedge

Z Li, PJJ Kamp, S Liu, G Xu, K Tong, M Danišík… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current structural model for the Longmen Shan (Mountain) belt, which is peripheral to
the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, is an asymmetric orogenic wedge with a series of northwest …

[HTML][HTML] Low-temperature thermochronology of the Longmala-Mengya'a Pb-Zn deposits (southern Tibet): Implications for ore exhumation and preservation

Z He, L Zhong, W Su, K Zhong, S Glorie, F Ren… - Ore Geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The large Gangdese metallogenic belt, located in the southern part of the Tibetan Plateau,
hosts a variety of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits. Previous works in the area primarily …

Erosion in southern Tibet shut down at∼ 10 Ma due to enhanced rock uplift within the Himalaya

MM Tremblay, M Fox, JL Schmidt… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Exhumation of the southern Tibetan plateau margin reflects interplay between surface and
lithospheric dynamics within the Himalaya–Tibet orogen. We report thermochronometric …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic low temperature cooling history of the eastern Lhasa terrane: Implications for high-relief topography of external drainage area in the southern …

W Su, Z He, L Zhong, S Glorie, K Zhong, J De Grave - Geoscience Frontiers, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau geographically contains internal and external drainage areas
based on the distributions of river flows and catchments. The internal and external drainage …

Two stages of accelerated exhumation in the middle reach of the Yarlung river, southern Tibet since the mid‐miocene

JG Dai, M Fox, X Han, MM Tremblay, SY Xu… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and tectonic activity through erosion control Earth's topography, much of
which is shaped by river incision. The Yarlung River has dissected the Indian‐Asian …

Evidence of magma mixing identified in the Early Eocene Caina pluton from the Gangdese Batholith, southern Tibet

X Ma, JG Meert, Z Xu, Z Zhao - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Abundant mafic enclaves are enclosed within the Quxu batholith in the eastern Gangdese
magmatic belt, southern Tibet. This study focuses on the petrogenesis and affinity of these …

Fault systems impede incision of the Yarlung river into the Tibetan plateau

D Cai, X Wang, G Li, R Jiao, B Kohn, W Zhu… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
It is widely accepted that tectonics generally enhances river incision. However, why rivers
have not incised further into orogenic plateaus to destroy terrains over long-time scales …

Synorogenic morphotectonic evolution of the G angdese batholith, S outh T ibet: Insights from low‐temperature thermochronology

G Li, B Kohn, M Sandiford, Z Xu… - Geochemistry …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau remains one of most intriguing and controversial
issues in the Cenozoic history of our planet, and has a significant impact on regional and …

Climate as the great equalizer of continental‐scale erosion

G Jepson, B Carrapa, J Gillespie… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia hosts the most extensive and highest topography on Earth, which is the result of
the feedbacks among rock uplift, atmospheric circulation and moisture transport, and …

Controls on Cenozoic exhumation of the Tethyan Himalaya from fission‐track thermochronology and detrital zircon U‐Pb geochronology in the Gyirong basin area …

T Shen, G Wang, PH Leloup, P van Der Beek… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Gyirong basin, southern Tibet, contains the record of Miocene‐Pliocene
exhumation, drainage development, and sedimentation along the northern flank of the …