The progressive co-evolutionary development of the Pan-Tibetan highlands, the Asian Monsoon system and Asian Biodiversity

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su, L Ding… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Within the ongoing controversy regarding the orogeny of the Tibetan Plateau region, two
directly conflicting endmember frameworks have emerged in which either:(1) a high central …

An updated chronostratigraphic framework for the Cenozoic sediments of southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for regional tectonics

S Li, RA Spicer, T Su, Z Zhou, C Deng - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the most important accommodation zones during the India-Asia collision, the
southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau (SEMTP) is characterized by many large-scale …

Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics of Mongolia and its climate effects: A synthesized review

U Khukhuudei, T Kusky, BF Windley, O Otgonbayar… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mongolia, a major world-class site of Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics, provides a key
proxy for the long-term dynamics of Eurasia, but there has been considerable debate about …

Rapid radiation of a plant lineage sheds light on the assembly of dry valley biomes

YP Chen, P Sunojkumar, RA Spicer… - Molecular Biology …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Southwest China is characterized by high plateaus, large mountain systems, and deeply
incised dry valleys formed by major rivers and their tributaries. Despite the considerable …

DEM-Based Radar Incidence Angle Tracking for Distortion Analysis without Orbital Data

R Wu, G Liu, J Lv, X Bao, R Hong… - … on Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a crucial technique in Earth observation, providing vast
amounts of data for monitoring the Earth's surface. However, SAR's side-looking imaging …

The raising and westward expansion of central Tibet

C Zhao, L Ding, Z **ong, RA Spicer, F Cai… - National Science …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the Cenozoic growth history of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau (HTP) is
essential for elucidating the underlying geodynamic mechanism and interactions among …

Vegetation changes across the Eocene-Oligocene transition: Global signals vs. regional development

M Wu, L Kunzmann, S Li, V Teodoridis, Z Zhou… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) marked a rapid global cooling event, often
considered as the beginning of the modern icehouse world. Influenced by various factors …

Eocene tectonic uplifts caused the early Oligocene intrusion of the Indian monsoon into the Tuotuohe Basin and the increased evaporation, central‐northern Tibet …

L Li, H Chang - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is not clear how the Asian monsoon evolved after leaving the spatial range of the
Intertropical Convergence Zone in the Late Eocene and before the modern‐like Asian …

Late Neogene monsoonal climate in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau revealed by leaf physiognomy evidence

ZE Wang, GH Chen, R Cao, ZH Song, ZS Wang… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Four fossil leaf assemblages from the Late Miocene to the early Late Pliocene of the
Tengchong-Lianghe region, western Yunnan, China, are subjected to the Climate-Leaf …

New early Oligocene age for the Mouding Basin, Southwestern China: Source and paleoenvironment

X Sun, W Ding, KF Kuiper, Y Tian, Z Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sedimentary basins in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau yield valuable
geophysical and fossil records, documenting the paleoenvironmental and biodiversity …