[PDF][PDF] Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'is a myth

RA Spicer, T Su, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The often-used phrase 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a
coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement …

Cenozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic processes in the Sanjiang region, southwestern China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau, and the western Yunnan region in southwestern
China constitute a collage of Gondwana-derived micro-continental blocks and arc terranes …

Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia

SF Li, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth, T Davies-Barnard… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau throughout the past 66 million years has profoundly
affected the Asian climate, but how this unparalleled orogenesis might have driven …

Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere

Y Zheng, Z Xu, Z Zhao, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

Tectonic evolution, superimposed orogeny, and composite metallogenic system in China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …

[HTML][HTML] On ultrahigh temperature crustal metamorphism: Phase equilibria, trace element thermometry, bulk composition, heat sources, timescales and tectonic …

DE Kelsey, M Hand - Geoscience Frontiers, 2015 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism is the most thermally extreme form of regional
crustal metamorphism, with temperatures exceeding 900° C. UHT crustal metamorphism is …

Mantle dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian monsoon

P Molnar, P England, J Martinod - Reviews of Geophysics, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Convective removal of lower lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau can account for a
rapid increase in the mean elevation of the Tibetan Plateau of 1000 m or more in a few …

Slab breakoff: a model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisional orogens

JH Davies, F von Blanckenburg - Earth and planetary science letters, 1995 - Elsevier
We present a model proposing that oceanic lithosphere detaches from continental
lithosphere during continental collision (slab breakoff), allowing an explanation of syn-to …

Petrogenetic evolution of late Cenozoic, post-collision volcanism in western Anatolia, Turkey

E Aldanmaz, JA Pearce, MF Thirlwall… - Journal of volcanology …, 2000 - Elsevier
Following an Eocene continent-arc collision, the Western Anatolia region experienced a
complete cycle of thickening and orogenic collapse. The early stage of collision-related …

Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism

SL Chung, MF Chu, Y Zhang, Y Xie, CH Lo, TY Lee… - Earth-Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cenozoic magmatism on the Tibetan plateau shows systematic variations in space and time
that must be considered in models concerning Tibetan tectonic evolution. After the India …