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 …

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] Mid-Miocene uplift of the northern Qilian Shan as a result of the northward growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau

J Yu, J Pang, Y Wang, D Zheng, C Liu… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The northern Tibetan Plateau, north of the Qaidam Basin and south of the Hexi
Corridor (China), consists of a series of WNW-to NW-trending elongated mountain ranges …

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 …

Tectonic deformation and kinematics of fluvial terraces marking the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Z Dong, B Pan, Z Hu, D Bridgland, J Wang… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reports on a study of the geometry and kinematics of numerous active faults
within the Qilian Shan-Hexi Corridor area, which has provided valuable insights into …

Imaging the Northeastern crustal boundary of the Tibetan Plateau with radial anisotropy

S Li, Z Guo, Y Yu, X Wu, YJ Chen - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We obtained a 3‐D crustal radial anisotropy model beneath northeastern (NE) Tibet by joint
inversion of Rayleigh and Love dispersion curves from ambient noise tomography. Positive …

Numerical simulation of landscape evolution and mountain uplift history constrain—A case study from the youthful stage mountains around the central Hexi Corridor …

B Pan, S Cai, H Geng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Landscape evolution models (LEMs) are essential tools for analyzing tectonic-climate
interactions and reproducing landform-shaping processes. In this study we used a LEM to …

Mesozoic-Cenozoic multistage tectonic deformation of the Qilian Shan constrained by detrital apatite fission track and zircon UPb geochronology in the Yumu Shan …

L Chen, Y Wang, P He, C Song, Q Meng, W Feng… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qilian Shan on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau contains
structural, sedimentary and tectonothermal records of plateau formation and growth in …

An evolving lithospheric‐scale wrench fault system along the eastern end of the Altyn Tagh fault: Kinematics and Quaternary activity of the Heishan fault system …

H Yang, A Li, D Cunningham, X Yang, Y Zhan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Altyn Tagh fault (ATF) is a major intracontinental strike‐slip fault system that
defines the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The fault system loses its obvious …

A new growth model of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau from high-resolution seismic imaging by improved double-difference tomography

Q Sun, S Pei, Z Cui, YJ Chen, Y Liu, X Xue, J Li, L Li… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
High-resolution 3-DP and S wave velocity (Vp and Vs) models of the crust and uppermost
mantle beneath the northeastern (NE) Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding areas were …