Long-term and multiple stage exhumation of the Ordos Basin, western North China Craton: Insights from seismic reflection, borehole and geochronological data

H Peng, J Wang, C Liu, H Zhao, L Huang, X Zhao… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of large-scale and long-term sedimentary hiatus and exhumation in vast intraplate
basins is of great significance for unravelling their tectonic development, morphodynamics …

The Cenozoic evolution of the Yellow River

X Lin, M Dröllner, M Barham, J Liu-Zeng, M Jolivet… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The evolution of rivers is closely tied to basin tectonics and climate change. Consequently,
understanding the formation and evolution of large rivers (which can traverse diverse …

Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary

H Ao, EJ Rohling, R Zhang, AP Roberts… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary (MPB; 5.3 million years ago, Ma), late
Miocene cooling gave way to the early-to-middle Pliocene Warm Period. This transition …

Landform evolution in Asia during the Cenozoic revealed by formation of drainages of Wei River and Indus River

H Lu, H Zhang, H Feng, Y Wang, D Cai, G Li… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Formation and evolution of the Asian landform was determined by growth of the Himalaya-
Tibetan Plateau and evolution of the Asian monsoon climate during the Cenozoic period. In …

Did the modern Yellow River form at the Mid-Pleistocene transition?

X Wang, G Hu, Y Saito, G Ni, H Hu, Z Yu, J Chen… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The incision of the Sanmen Gorge marks the birth of the modern Yellow River, but its timing
varies from the late Miocene-early Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (∼ 0.15 Ma), and the …

Quantifying the migration rate of drainage divides from high-resolution topographic data

C Zhou, X Tan, Y Liu, F Shi - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2024 - esurf.copernicus.org
The lateral movement of drainage divides is co-influenced by tectonics, lithology, and
climate and therefore archives a wealth of geologic and climatic information. It also has wide …

Quantifying the Structure and Extension Rate of the Linfen Basin, Shanxi Rift System Since the Latest Miocene: Implications for Continental Magma‐Poor Rifting

P Su, H He, Y Liu, F Shi, DE Granger, E Kirby, L Luo… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of magma‐poor continental rifts is an enigmatic process, as the weakening
mechanism (s) for cratonic lithosphere remains uncertain in the absence of elevated …

Geochemical and thermodynamic constraints on the genesis of coexisting alkaline and tholeiitic basalts from Datong, North China: Implication for compositional …

L Zhou, YP Su, JP Zheng, HK Dai, Q Ma, X Chen… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Continental intraplate basalts usually exhibit diverse compositions varying from silica-
deficient alkaline basalts to silica-excess tholeiites. However, the mechanism of …

Cross‐divide difference in channel‐head steady‐state elevation controls drainage‐divide migration

Y Ye, X Tan, C Zhou, S Bian, Y Liu… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally agreed that the channel‐head steady‐state elevations (zs) across a drainage
divide are different when the drainage divide is moving. However, whether it is the hillslope …

Initial topography matters in drainage divide migration analysis: Insights from numerical simulations and natural examples

Y Ye, X Tan, C Zhou - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The stability of drainage divides is widely used for tectonic reconstruction. A drainage divide
migrating from the high-uplift side towards the geometric center is usually thought to indicate …