Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

L Ding, P Kapp, F Cai, CN Garzione, Z **ong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The timing of the initial India–Asia collision and the mechanisms that led to the eventual
formation of the high (> 5 km) Tibetan Plateau remain enigmatic. In this Review, we describe …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

Cambrian to Triassic geodynamic evolution of central Qiangtang, Tibet

W Xu, F Liu, Y Dong - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Central Qiangtang is a tectonic mélange between the northern Qiangtang terrane (NQT) and
the southern Qiangtang terrane (SQT), and it preserves a complete Cambrian to Triassic …

[HTML][HTML] Underthrusting and duplexing beneath the northern Tibetan Plateau and the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

AV Zuza, C Wu, Z Wang, DA Levy, B Li… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt is the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau,
which developed in part due to progressive India-Asia convergence during Himalayan …

Spatially varying surface seasonal oscillations and 3-D crustal deformation of the Tibetan Plateau derived from GPS and GRACE data

Y Pan, WB Shen, CK Shum, R Chen - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Measurements of 189 continuous and 933 campaign-mode Global Positioning System
(GPS) stations with 3–16 yr data spans over the Tibetan Plateau reveal contemporary three …

[PDF][PDF] Jurassic to Neogene quantitative crustal thickness estimates in southern Tibet

KE Sundell, AK Laskowski, PA Kapp, MN Ducea… - GSA Today, 2021 - kurtsundell.com
Recent empirical calibrations of Sr/Y and La/Yb from intermediate igneous rocks as proxies
of crustal thickness yield discrepancies when applied to high ratios from thick crust. We …

Along‐strike variation in the initiation timing of the north‐trending rifts in southern Tibet as revealed from the Yadong‐Gulu rift

S Bian, J Gong, AV Zuza, R Yang, L Chen, J Ji, X Yu… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A key issue in the Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan plateau is the geodynamic drivers for
north‐trending rifting in southern Tibet. Recent studies have demonstrated an eastward …

Deep-seated lithospheric geometry in revealing collapse of the Tibetan Plateau

X Guo, R Gao, J Zhao, X Xu, Z Lu, SL Klemperer… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau's enigmatic collapse, which was indicated based on
extensional faulting in the interior of the plateau and large eastward-directed strike-slip …

Pervasive Miocene melting of thickened crust from the Lhasa terrane to Himalaya, southern Tibet and its constraint on generation of Himalayan leucogranite

WQ Ji, FY Wu, XC Liu, ZC Liu, C Zhang, T Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Oligocene to Miocene period is one of the most important stages during the
formation and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau which generated the tectonic framework …

High‐precision vertical movement and three‐dimensional deformation pattern of the Tibetan plateau

Y Wu, Z Zheng, J Nie, L Chang, G Su… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is characterized by high elevation and complex fault systems.
High‐precision vertical movement data can provide important constraints for understanding …