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 …

The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

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 …

As a typical intracontinental orogenic belt, the Tian Shan range is a natural lab for the
understanding of ongoing intraplate deformation and related geodynamic mechanisms …

Seasonal melting of glaciers and snow from the western Third Pole (TP) plays important role
in sustaining water supplies downstream. However, the future water availability of the …

The paleoelevation history and geodynamic evolution of the Bangong suture zone in the
central Tibetan Plateau are hotly debated, with existing estimates showing contrasting …

Inner Asia underwent dramatic changes in sea-land distributions and paleoenvironment in
the Cenozoic that were marked by the westward retreat and finally demise of the proto …

Precipitation is one of the most important input to hydrological models, although obtaining
sufficient precipitation observations and accurate precipitation estimates in High Mountain …

Cenozoic exhumation in the Tianshan is controlled by a complex interaction between
tectonics and climate. However, the timing and magnitude of exhumation of the Tianshan …

Fast late Miocene global cooling since∼ 7 Ma accompanied by less changeable
atmospheric CO2 levels revealed by existing proxy reconstructions has suggested an …