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 …

Pre-cenozoic evolution of the northern Qilian Orogen from zircon geochronology: Framework for early growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau

B Li, AV Zuza, X Chen, ZZ Wang, Z Shao… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The northern Qilian Shan, located along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan
Plateau, experienced multiple phases of orogeny throughout the Phanerozoic, culminating …

Superposition of Cretaceous and Cenozoic deformation in northern Tibet: A far-field response to the tectonic evolution of the Tethyan orogenic system

Y Wang, X Chen, Y Zhang, Z Yin, AV Zuza… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Although the Cenozoic Indo-Asian collision is largely responsible for the formation
of the Tibetan plateau, the role of pre-Cenozoic structures in controlling the timing and …

Large-scale topography of the north Tibetan ranges as a proxy for contrasted crustal-scale deformation modes

M Jolivet, F Cheng, AV Zuza, Z Guo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
Forming the northern margin of the Cenozoic Himalayan–Tibetan orogen, the area
surrounding the Qaidam Basin is a key region to study the mechanisms that govern the long …

Late Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental change in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from a drill core in the Wuwei Basin, NW China

Z Zhao, W Shi, Y Yang, M Cai, C Liu, X Liu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Basin deposits of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau provide an ideal record for
understanding the uplift of the plateau and the history of aridification in NW China. In this …

Multiple exhumation stages during the Cenozoic evolution of the northeast Tibetan Plateau

X Wang, M Zattin, Y Yang, J Tao, H Liu, Y Zhang… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Cenozoic growth history of the northeast (NE) Tibetan Plateau has been strongly
debated in the past few years with three deformation models being proposed: progressive …

Kinematic evolution of a continental collision: Constraining the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen via bulk strain rates

AV Zuza, Y Gavillot, PJ Haproff, C Wu - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated temporal variations of the bulk strain rate across the Himalayan-Tibetan
orogen, which impact the magnitudes, rates, and distribution of deformation across the …

The Formation of the North Qilian Shan through time: Clues from detrital zircon fission-track data from modern river sediments

X Lin, M Jolivet, J Liu-Zeng, F Cheng, Z Wu, Y Tian, L Li… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the formation of the North Qilian Shan in the NE Tibetan Plateau provides
insights into the growth mechanisms of the northern region of the plateau across time …

Surface uplift of the Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from isostatic effects of Cenozoic sedimentary accumulation

X Yu, Z Guo - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau remains one of the most important
unresolved issues in geosciences. Numerous models have been proposed to account for …

Cenozoic kinematic evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for the tectonic setting of deep brines mineralization in the southwestern Qaidam Basin

B Li, X Chen, Z Shi, Y Ma, X Li, AV Zuza, Z Wang… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The Cenozoic kinematic evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau resulted in the growth of
the Eastern Kunlun Range, Qaidam Basin, and Qilian Shan. The widely developed lithium …