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 …

The role of the uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas

A Favre, M Päckert, SU Pauls, SC Jähnig… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is unevenly distributed on Earth and hotspots of biodiversity are often
associated with areas that have undergone orogenic activity during recent geological history …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic study of the Paleogene-Neogene strata in the Northern Qaidam Basin: Implications for the growth of the Northeastern Tibetan …

J Ji, K Zhang, PD Clift, G Zhuang, B Song, X Ke… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic terrestrial, intermontane Qaidam Basin on the northeastern edge of
the Tibetan Plateau contains> 12 km of sedimentary rocks that potentially document the …

Large-scale displacement along the Altyn Tagh Fault (North Tibet) since its Eocene initiation: Insight from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and subsurface data

F Cheng, M Jolivet, S Fu, C Zhang, Q Zhang, Z Guo - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Marking the northern boundary of the Tibetan plateau, the Altyn Tagh fault plays a crucial
role in accommodating the Cenozoic crustal deformation affecting the plateau. However, its …

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 …

Middle Miocene reorganization of the Altyn Tagh fault system, northern Tibetan Plateau

L Wu, X Lin, E Cowgill, A Xiao, X Cheng… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Altyn Tagh fault system defines the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
and has played a central role in its topographic rise and outward growth during the …

A new terrestrial analogue site for Mars research: the Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau (NW China)

L Xiao, J Wang, Y Dang, Z Cheng, T Huang, J Zhao… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Remote sensing observations and rover missions have documented the presence of playas,
salts, and wind erosion landforms of lacustrine sediments on Mars. All of these observations …

Cenozoic deformation history of the Qilian Shan (northeastern Tibetan Plateau) constrained by detrital apatite fission-track thermochronology in the northeastern …

P He, C Song, Y Wang, Q Meng, L Chen, L Yao… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
The Cenozoic deformation history of the Qilian Shan, which is a reactivated fold-thrust belt in
the northeastern region of the Tibetan Plateau, is poorly understood but features prominently …

Source to sink relation between the Eastern Kunlun Range and the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, during the Cenozoic

F Cheng, S Fu, M Jolivet, C Zhang, Z Guo - Bulletin, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding the source to sink relationship through time between the Eastern Kunlun
Range, one of the major mountain belts in the northern Tibetan Plateau, and the actively …

Cenozoic sediment flux in the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, and implications with regional tectonics and climate

J Bao, Y Wang, C Song, Y Feng, C Hu, S Zhong… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract As the largest Mesozoic-Cenozoic terrestrial intermountain basin in the northern
Tibetan Plateau, the Qaidam Basin is an ideal basin to examine the influences of regional …