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 …

Formation and evolution of Gobi Desert in central and eastern Asia

H Lu, X Wang, X Wang, X Chang, H Zhang, Z Xu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the development of Gobi Desert in central and eastern Asia has greatly affected
the regional and even the global climate, its precise origin and evolution have yet to be …

[HTML][HTML] A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet

S He, L Ding, Z **ong, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally
significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology …

[HTML][HTML] The early Eocene rise of the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet: From low desert to high forest

Z **ong, L Ding, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Views differ on the uplift history of the SE Tibetan Plateau and causal geodynamic
mechanisms, yet reliable age-constrained paleoaltimetry in this region could test growth …

Role of the westerlies in Central Asia climate over the Cenozoic

JK Caves, MJ Winnick, SA Graham, DJ Sjostrom… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
There remains substantial debate concerning the relative roles of tectonics and of global
climate in pacing the evolution of aridity in Central Asia over the Cenozoic. Tibetan Plateau …

Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the **ning Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution

X Fang, Y Fang, J Zan, W Zhang, C Song, E Appel… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The **ning Basin is well known for its thick and continuous sequence of fine-
grained Cenozoic sediments. In addition, it contains important **ejia fauna which define the …

Paleogene evolution and demise of the proto‐Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (Tarim and Tajik basins): Role of intensified tectonic activity at ca. 41 Ma

MY Kaya, G Dupont‐Nivet, JN Proust, P Roperch… - Basin …, 2019 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The proto‐Paratethys Sea covered a vast area extending from the Mediterranean
Tethys to the Tarim Basin in western China during Cretaceous and early Paleogene …

Linking Tarim Basin sea retreat (west China) and Asian aridification in the late Eocene

R Bosboom, G Dupont‐Nivet, A Grothe, H Brinkhuis… - Basin …, 2014 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The Tarim Basin in western China formed the easternmost margin of a shallow
epicontinental sea that extended across Eurasia and was well connected to the western …

Revisiting the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum “Carbon Cycle Conundrum” With New Estimates of Atmospheric pCO2 From Boron Isotopes

MJ Henehan, KM Edgar, GL Foster… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) was a gradual warming event and
carbon cycle perturbation that occurred between 40.5 and 40.1 Ma. A number of …

The evolution of hydroclimate in Asia over the Cenozoic: A stable-isotope perspective

JKC Rugenstein, CP Chamberlain - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Links between tectonics and regional climate have been extensively studied in Asia.
However, despite decades of research, the relative roles of tectonics and global climate in …