Multiscale lithospheric buckling dominates the Cenozoic subsidence and deformation of the Qaidam Basin: A new model for the growth of the northern Tibetan …

X Hu, L Wu, Y Zhang, J Zhang, C Wang, J Tang… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
How the present-day northern Tibetan Plateau was involved in the plateau formation
process in context of the Cenozoic India–Eurasia collision has been disputed for decades …

Underthrusting of Tarim lower crust beneath the Tibetan Plateau revealed by receiver function imaging

C Wu, T Xu, X Tian, RN Mitchell, J Lin… - Geophysical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The left‐lateral Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) system is the northern boundary of the
Tibetan Plateau resulted from the India–Eurasia continental collision. How intracontinental …

Carbonate U‐Pb ages constrain Paleocene motion along the Altyn Tagh fault in response to the India‐Asia collision

K Yi, F Cheng, M Jolivet, J Li… - Geophysical Research …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The kinematics and deformation pattern along the Altyn Tagh fault (ATF), one of the largest
strike‐slip faults on Earth is of great significance for understanding the growth of the Tibetan …

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 …

Lower crustal rheology controls strain partitioning and mode of intracontinental deformation

X Xu, AV Zuza, A Yin, P Yu, Z Chen, C Zhao… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The factors that control strain partitioning along plate boundaries and within continental
interiors remains poorly resolved. Plate convergence may be accommodated via distributed …

Limited northward expansion of the Tibetan Plateau in the late Cenozoic: Insights from the Cherchen fault in the southeastern Tarim Basin

H Tian, H Chen, X Cheng, L Wu, X Lin, S Gao, F Li… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is defined by the left‐lateral Altyn Tagh fault. It
remains unclear whether the Cenozoic deformation related to the India‐Asia collision has …

Jurassic evolution of the Dunhuang Basin and its implications for the early history of the Altyn Tagh fault, Northeast Tibet Plateau

S Dai, X Ma, Z Zhao, X Fan, Y Wang, Z Wang… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Basin evolution along the northeastern Tibetan Plateau related to the Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF)
has significant implications for deciphering the formation of the Tibetan Plateau. However …

Stepwise decrease in strike-slip rate along the eastern Altyn Tagh Fault and its relation to the Qilian Shan thrust system, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

B Yan, P Chen, Y Gao - Journal of Structural Geology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
As the northern boundary fault the Tibetan Plateau, the slip-rate decrease pattern of the
eastern Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) and its relation to the neighboring Qilian Shan thrust system …

Cenozoic pure-shear thickening of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin: Implications for diverse plateau uplift mechanisms controlled by convergent obliquity

S Gao, L Wu, X Lin, E Cowgill, K An… - Geological …, 2025‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
How the deformed Tibetan lithosphere absorbed the convergence of India and Eurasia
during the Cenozoic remains enigmatic, primarily due to significant variation in lithospheric …