Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the **ning Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution

X Fang, Y Fang, J Zan, W Zhang, C Song, E Appel… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The **ning Basin is well known for its thick and continuous sequence of fine-
grained Cenozoic sediments. In addition, it contains important **ejia fauna which define the …

Paleogene integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

Y Wang, Q Li, B Bai, X **, F Mao, J Meng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The Paleogene is the first period after the Mesozoic Mass Extinction. Mammals become the
dominant group in the terrestrial ecosystem with a rapid radiation, and Asia has been …

Tibetan plateau aridification linked to global cooling at the Eocene–Oligocene transition

G Dupont-Nivet, W Krijgsman, CG Langereis, HA Abels… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Continental aridification and the intensification of the monsoons in Asia are generally
attributed to uplift of the Tibetan plateau and to the land–sea redistributions associated with …

Early Cenozoic faulting of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin from apatite (U–Th)/He ages

MK Clark, KA Farley, D Zheng, Z Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Models to explain the distributed nature of continental deformation predict the propagation of
strain and high topography away from the plate boundary. Yet a growing body of evidence in …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic study of the Paleogene-Neogene strata in the Northern Qaidam Basin: Implications for the growth of the Northeastern Tibetan …

J Ji, K Zhang, PD Clift, G Zhuang, B Song, X Ke… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic terrestrial, intermontane Qaidam Basin on the northeastern edge of
the Tibetan Plateau contains> 12 km of sedimentary rocks that potentially document the …

Low‐temperature thermochronometry along the Kunlun and Haiyuan Faults, NE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for kinematic change during late‐stage orogenesis

AR Duvall, MK Clark, E Kirby, KA Farley… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is a prime example of a collisional orogen with widespread
strike‐slip faults whose age and tectonic significance remain controversial. We present new …

Paleogene global cooling–induced temperature feedback on chemical weathering, as recorded in the northern Tibetan Plateau

X Fang, A Galy, Y Yang, W Zhang, C Ye… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Plate-tectonic processes have long been thought to be the major cause of the Cenozoic
global carbon cycle, and global cooling by uplift of the Tibetan Plateau through enhancing …

Late Eocene sea retreat from the Tarim Basin (west China) and concomitant Asian paleoenvironmental change

RE Bosboom, G Dupont-Nivet, AJP Houben… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Paleogene sediments of the southwest Tarim Basin along the West Kunlun Shan in
western China include the remnants of the easternmost extent of a large epicontinental sea …

Direct dating of Eocene reverse faulting in northeastern Tibet using Ar-dating of fault clays and low-temperature thermochronometry

AR Duvall, MK Clark, BA van der Pluijm, C Li - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Paired together, fault gouge dating and low-temperature thermochronometry overcome the
limitations and assumptions inherent in each independent technique. Here we establish …

Understanding the geologic evolution of Northern Tibetan Plateau with multiple thermochronometers

G Zhuang, SA Johnstone, J Hourigan, B Ritts… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The early onset of deformation following the India-Asia collision, Neogene expanse of uplift,
and complex systems that comprise strike-slip faults, thrust faults, and intermontane basins …