Implications of vertebrate fossils for paleo-elevations of the Tibetan Plateau

T Deng, X Wang, F Wu, Y Wang, Q Li, S Wang… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is an important geological event, but there is considerable
controversy about its growth history. Different geological observations contribute to this …

Carbon isotope compositions of terrestrial C3 plants as indicators of (paleo) ecology and (paleo) climate

MJ Kohn - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 - pnas.org
A broad compilation of modern carbon isotope compositions in all C3 plant types shows a
monotonic increase in δ 13C with decreasing mean annual precipitation (MAP) that differs …

Neogene integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas

T Deng, X Fang, Q Li, S Wang, F Wu, S Hou… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The remarkable uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in the Neogene had great impacts on the
climate and environment of East Asia and even the world. Therefore, establishment of the …

Paleoaltimetry reconstructions of the Tibetan Plateau: progress and contradictions

T Deng, L Ding - National Science Review, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Over the last two decades, many quantitative paleoaltimetry reconstructions of the Tibetan
Plateau have been published, but they are still preliminary and controversial, although …

δ18O and δD of streamwaters across the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau: Implications for moisture sources and paleoelevation reconstructions

MT Hren, B Bookhagen, PM Blisniuk, AL Booth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study presents new δ18O and δD data from 191 streams across the Himalaya and
Tibetan Plateau to better constrain the spatial variability of stable isotopes in modern …

Alpine permafrost could account for a quarter of thawed carbon based on Plio-Pleistocene paleoclimate analogue

F Cheng, C Garzione, X Li, U Salzmann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Estimates of the permafrost-climate feedback vary in magnitude and sign, partly because
permafrost carbon stability in warmer-than-present conditions is not well constrained. Here …

Isotopic constraints on intensified aridity in Central Asia around 12 Ma

G Zhuang, JK Hourigan, PL Koch, BD Ritts… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The relationship between central Asian aridification and the evolution of the Himalayan–
Tibetan orogen remains elusive. New isotopic data from pedogenic and lacustrine …

Eocene north–south trending dikes in central Tibet: new constraints on the timing of east–west extension with implications for early plateau uplift?

Q Wang, DA Wyman, ZX Li, W Sun, SL Chung… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
East–west extension has been a prominent feature of Cenozoic tectonics in central-southern
Tibet, and the onset of this extension has been interpreted as indicating the surface uplift of …

Asynchronous responses of East Asian and Indian summer monsoons to mountain uplift shown by regional climate modelling experiments

H Tang, A Micheels, JT Eronen, B Ahrens, M Fortelius - Climate Dynamics, 2013 - Springer
It has been demonstrated in climate models that both the Indian and East Asian summer
monsoons (ISM and EASM) are strengthened by the uplift of the entire Asian orography or …

Bos grunniens and Bos mutus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae)

DM Leslie, GB Schaller - Mammalian species, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766, and Bos mutus (Przewalski, 1883) are the domestic and wild
forms, respectively, of the bovid commonly called the yak. B. mutus inhabits remote high …