Coupling between uplift of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt-NE Tibetan Plateau and accumulation of aeolian Red Clay in the inner Asia began at~ 7 Ma

J Sun, Z Ding, W **ao, BF Windley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The Asian interior contains the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB, the longest accretionary
orogen on Earth), the largest mid-latitude desert, and the most widespread late Cenozoic …

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 …

Poleward and weakened westerlies during Pliocene warmth

JT Abell, G Winckler, RF Anderson, TD Herbert - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
The prevailing mid-latitude westerly winds, known as the westerlies, are a fundamental
component of the climate system because they have a crucial role in driving surface ocean …

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 …

Revised paleoaltimetry data show low Tibetan Plateau elevation during the Eocene

S Botsyun, P Sepulchre, Y Donnadieu, C Risi, A Licht… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION The uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is critical for understanding
the evolution of the Asian monsoons and the geodynamic forces involved in collisional …

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 …

Qaidam Basin leaf fossils show northeastern Tibet was high, wet and cool in the early Oligocene

B Song, RA Spicer, K Zhang, J Ji, A Farnsworth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The Paleogene environment of today's semi-arid and arid Central Asia is poorly quantified
and knowledge of the paleoelevation of northern Tibet remains elusive, yet both are crucially …

Differential weathering of basaltic and granitic catchments from concentration–discharge relationships

DE Ibarra, JK Caves, S Moon, DL Thomas… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016‏ - Elsevier
A negative feedback between silicate weathering rates and climate is hypothesized to play a
central role in moderating atmospheric CO 2 concentrations on geologic timescales …

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 …

Quantifying the isotopic 'continental effect'

MJ Winnick, CP Chamberlain, JK Caves… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Since the establishment of the IAEA-WMO precipitation-monitoring network in 1961, it has
been observed that isotope ratios in precipitation (δ H 2 and δ O 18) generally decrease …