[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 evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia

N Barbolini, A Woutersen, G Dupont-Nivet… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The origins and development of the arid and highly seasonal steppe-desert biome in Central
Asia, the largest of its kind in the world, remain largely unconstrained by existing records. It …

A new biologic paleoaltimetry indicating Late Miocene rapid uplift of northern Tibet Plateau

Y Miao, X Fang, J Sun, W **ao, Y Yang, X Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The uplift of the Tibet Plateau (TP) during the Miocene is crucial to understanding the
evolution of Asian monsoon regimes and alpine biodiversity. However, the northern Tibet …

Revised chronology of central Tibet uplift (Lunpola Basin)

X Fang, G Dupont-Nivet, C Wang, C Song, Q Meng… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Knowledge of the topographic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau is essential for
understanding its construction and its influences on climate, environment, and biodiversity …

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 …

A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical “Shangri-La” ecosystem in central Tibet

T Su, RA Spicer, FX Wu, A Farnsworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Tibet's ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative
due to a paucity of quantitative surface-height measurements through time and space, and …

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 …

Expanded lacustrine sedimentation in the Qaidam Basin on the northern Tibetan Plateau: Manifestation of climatic wetting during the Oligocene icehouse

M Wu, GS Zhuang, M Hou, Z Liu - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qaidam Basin in the core area of arid Inner Asia has been considered
undergoing continuous aridification over the Cenozoic. However, the Qaidam Basin is …

The early Oligocene establishment of modern topography and plant diversity on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

M Wu, J Huang, RA Spicer, S Li, J Zhao, W Deng… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantifying the interactions between topography, climate and plant diversity within one of
the world's biodiversity hotspots, the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, remains …

Woody dicot leaf traits as a palaeoclimate proxy: 100 years of development and application

RA Spicer, J Yang, TEV Spicer, A Farnsworth - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The relationship between plant form and climate has been recognised for more than two
millennia, and the idea that fossils can indicate climate change was first recorded almost a …