Sedimentary provenance perspectives on the evolution of the major rivers draining the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Z Zhang, JS Daly, Y Tian, S Tyrrell, X Sun… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The origin and development of the major rivers in the eastern Tibetan Plateau have been a
special focus of research because of the close links recognized between river formation …

Early Cenozoic drainage network and paleogeographic evolution within the SE Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding area: Synthetic constraints from onshore-offshore …

Y Cui, L Shao, ZX Li, C Elders, K Stattegger, W Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The evolution of the major rivers originating from the SE Tibetan Plateau has been a
research hotspot due to a close connection between tectonic events, geomorphological …

Existence of a continental-scale river system in eastern Tibet during the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene

X Zhao, H Zhang, R Hetzel, E Kirby, AR Duvall… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The establishment of continental-scale drainage systems on Earth is largely controlled by
topography related to plate boundary deformation and buoyant mantle. Drainage patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Early Pleistocene drainage pattern changes in Eastern Tibet: Constraints from provenance analysis, thermochronometry, and numerical modeling

R Yang, HA Suhail, L Gourbet, SD Willett… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The geometry and evolution of fluvial systems are thought to be related to surface uplift. In
eastern Tibet, rivers exhibit peculiar drainage patterns but how these patterns were …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeodrainage evolution of the large rivers of East Asia, and Himalayan-Tibet tectonics

P Zhang, Y Najman, L Mei, I Millar, ER Sobel… - Earth-Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the tectonics that gave rise to the formation of Tibet is critical to our
understanding of crustal deformation processes. The unusual geomorphology of the …

A critical appraisal of the sensitivity of detrital zircon U–Pb provenance data to constrain drainage network evolution in southeast Tibet

S Li, Y Najman, P Vermeesch… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Provenance tools, particularly detrital zircon U–Pb analysis, have been widely employed to
test drainage network evolution in southeast Tibet and its linkage with the growth of the …

Provenance and evolution of East Asian large rivers recorded in the East and South China Seas: A review

L Cao, L Shao, DJJ van Hinsbergen, T Jiang… - …, 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Large rivers are the arteries of continents. Those originating from the Tibetan Plateau and
traversing East Asia have a relatively young history due to continuous Cenozoic …

Late Cenozoic drainage reorganization of the paleo-Yangtze river constrained by multi-proxy provenance analysis of the Paleo-lake **geda

B Deng, D Chew, C Mark, S Liu, N Cogné… - …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Cenozoic evolution of the major river networks draining eastern Tibet has
major tectonic implications for the development of the plateau but remains highly …

Formation of the three gorges (Yangtze River) no earlier than 10 Ma

Z Zhang, JS Daly, S Tyrrell, X Sun, E Badenszki… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The timing of formation of the Three Gorges, a critical capture point on the Yangtze River,
has been debated for more than a century. In this paper, we review the existing evidence …

Stepwise growth of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Structural and thermochronological evidence from the Panxi tectonic belt

Y Zhang, DP Yan, L Qiu, L Gong, Y Shao - Palaeogeography …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The Panxi tectonic belt is located in the transition zone between the Tibetan Plateau and the
Yangtze Block and is characterised by~ N–S-trending faults and active earthquakes, which …