The role of paleogeography in Asian monsoon evolution: A review and new insights from climate modelling

D Tardif, AC Sarr, F Fluteau, A Licht, M Kaya… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

Cenozoic paleoelevation history of the Lunpola Basin in Central Tibet: New evidence from volcanic glass hydrogen isotopes and a critical review

L Li, H Lu, C Garzione, M Fan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The paleoelevation history and geodynamic evolution of the Bangong suture zone in the
central Tibetan Plateau are hotly debated, with existing estimates showing contrasting …

Growth of the southern Tian Shan-Pamir and its impact on central Asian climate

F Richter, J Pearson, M Vilkas, RV Heermance… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Uplift and amalgamation of the high-elevation (> 3000 m) Tian Shan and Pamir ranges in
Central Asia restricts westerly atmospheric flow and thereby limits moisture delivery to the …

River inverse modeling of the late Cenozoic uplift history of the Pamir-Tian Shan orogens: Implications for aridification of Central Asia

J Chen, K Cao, D Zhang, X Wang, JB Chapman… - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
The uplift history of the Pamir-Tian Shan orogens remains debated, and is crucial to
understanding the aridification of Central Asia. To address this question, we performed …

Early Cretaceous displacement on the Tanymas thrust fault, Northern Pamir, Tajikistan, and regional tectonic implications

DP Villarreal, AC Robinson, JB Chapman… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
An ongoing question in understanding the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogeny is
how much of the observed upper crustal shortening and crustal thickness is related to the …

Mesozoic–Cenozoic multistage tectonic evolution of the Pamir: detrital fission‐track constraints from the Tajik Basin

L Li, Y Najman, G Dupont‐Nivet, M Parra, P Roperch… - Basin …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Abstract Knowledge of the tectonic history of the Pamir contributes to our understanding of
both the evolution of collisional orogenic belts as well as factors controlling Central Asian …

Differential paleoelevation changes in North China during the late Mesozoic: Evidence from stable isotopes and clumped isotopes

T Jin, L Zhang, KW Huntington, Y Wen… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The modern elevation of China decreases from the Tibetan plateau in the west to near sea
level in the east across several topographic steps. A pronounced topographic step occurs in …

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility impressed during rock magnetic procedures (AF, IRM) and information on the domain state of the magnetic carriers

P Roperch, C Kissel, F Lagroix, G Dupont-Nivet… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present and interpret anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) fabrics in various rocks,
focusing on the effects of Alternating Field (AF) demagnetization and Isothermal Remanent …

Contractional deformation between extensional dome exhumation in Central Pamir at 17–15 Ma constrained by metamorphic and paleomagnetic data from the …

J Aminov, P Roperch, G Dupont-Nivet, C Cordier… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The debated mechanism and timing of formation of the Pamir orogenic salient provides an
ideal case to combine paleomagnetic and metamorphic analyses. Opposing views argue for …

Control of the aridification of the Taklimakan and Thar deserts by asynchronous tectonic uplift of the Pamirs and northern Tibetan Plateau since the Miocene

H Sun, X Liu - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022 - Elsevier
We used a regional climate model (RegCM4) to study the impact of the asynchronous uplift
of the Pamirs and the northern Tibetan Plateau (NTP) on the regional aridification of the …