Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

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 …

Tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan: An early Paleozoic orogen reactivated in the Cenozoic

AV Zuza, C Wu, RC Reith, A Yin, J Li… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Qilian Shan, located along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, has
experienced multiple episodes of tectonic deformation, including Neoproterozoic continental …

The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

W Wang, P Zhang, J Pang, C Garzione… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sedimentary deposits in Tibetan Basins archive the spatial‐temporal patterns of the
deformation and surface uplift processes that created the area's high topography during the …

Cenozoic cooling history of the North Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau, and the initiation of the Haiyuan fault: Constraints from apatite-and zircon-fission track …

B Li, X Chen, AV Zuza, D Hu, W Ding, P Huang, S Xu - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau resulted primarily from India-Asia convergence since
initial collision at 65–55 Ma. The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt and the left-slip strike …

[HTML][HTML] Underthrusting and duplexing beneath the northern Tibetan Plateau and the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

AV Zuza, C Wu, Z Wang, DA Levy, B Li… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt is the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau,
which developed in part due to progressive India-Asia convergence during Himalayan …

Cenozoic multi-phase deformation in the Qilian Shan and out-of-sequence development of the northern Tibetan Plateau

B Li, AV Zuza, X Chen, D Hu, Z Shao, B Qi, Z Wang… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the distribution of deformation across it are the
result of India-Asia collision, which bring an opportunity of understanding intracontinental …

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 …

Continental deformation accommodated by non-rigid passive bookshelf faulting: An example from the Cenozoic tectonic development of northern Tibet

AV Zuza, A Yin - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Collision-induced continental deformation commonly involves complex interactions between
strike-slip faulting and off-fault deformation, yet this relationship has rarely been quantified …

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 …