Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review

F Cheng, M Jolivet, Z Guo, L Wang, C Zhang, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, the Qaidam basin preserves over 10 km
thick of Cenozoic sediments. Those sediments represent a unique archive of the evolution of …

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 …

Multiscale lithospheric buckling dominates the Cenozoic subsidence and deformation of the Qaidam Basin: A new model for the growth of the northern Tibetan …

X Hu, L Wu, Y Zhang, J Zhang, C Wang, J Tang… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
How the present-day northern Tibetan Plateau was involved in the plateau formation
process in context of the Cenozoic India–Eurasia collision has been disputed for decades …

Formation and evolution of the Badain Jaran Desert, North China, as revealed by a drill core from the desert centre and by geological survey

F Wang, D Sun, F Chen, J Bloemendal, F Guo… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
The deserts in north China are regarded as direct records of the process of inland Asian
aridification. Amongst these deserts, those proximal to the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) are …

Pre-Quaternary decoupling between Asian aridification and high dust accumulation rates

J Nie, A Pullen, CN Garzione, W Peng, Z Wang - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
Theories of late Cenozoic climate cooling assume that central Asian aridification and high
dust accumulation rates in the Chinese Loess Plateau and the North Pacific Ocean are …

Large-scale displacement along the Altyn Tagh Fault (North Tibet) since its Eocene initiation: Insight from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and subsurface data

F Cheng, M Jolivet, S Fu, C Zhang, Q Zhang, Z Guo - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Marking the northern boundary of the Tibetan plateau, the Altyn Tagh fault plays a crucial
role in accommodating the Cenozoic crustal deformation affecting the plateau. However, its …

Middle Miocene reorganization of the Altyn Tagh fault system, northern Tibetan Plateau

L Wu, X Lin, E Cowgill, A **ao, X Cheng… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Altyn Tagh fault system defines the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
and has played a central role in its topographic rise and outward growth during the …

Leaf wax stable isotopes from Northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for uplift and climate since 15 Ma

G Zhuang, MT Brandon, M Pagani… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The growth of Tibetan Plateau is considered to have played a key role during the
evolution of Asian climate. Our understanding of the relationship between the plateau …

Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the PlioMIP2 ensemble

Z Han, Q Zhang, Q Li, R Feng… - Climate of the Past …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene (∼ 3 Ma) is one of the most recent warm periods with high CO2
concentrations in the atmosphere and resulting high temperatures, and it is often cited as an …

Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau

J Nie, W Peng, A Möller, Y Song, DF Stockli… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
A clear understanding of the provenance of late Cenozoic Chinese loess and the underlying
Red Clay deposits will shed light on the history and mechanisms of Asian aridification …