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The elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the Asian monsoon
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In this paper, a range of tectonic studies suggest that the northern and eastern parts of the plateau are younger geomorphological features, but there are few quantitative constraints of the timing of elevation from these regions of Tibet, and there is a remarkable unanimity amongst the diverse techniques applied that the altitude of the southern plateau has not significantly changed since at least the mid Miocene ( ca. 15 Ma) arguing for an onset of the monsoon system during or before the early Miocene.About:
This article is published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.The article was published on 2006-11-01. It has received 236 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: East Asian Monsoon & Monsoon.read more
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Constraints on the early uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau
Chengshan Wang,Xixi Zhao,Zhifei Liu,Peter C. Lippert,Stephan A. Graham,Robert S. Coe,Haisheng Yi,Lidong Zhu,Shun Liu,Yalin Li +9 more
TL;DR: Geologic and geophysical data from north-central Tibet are presented, including magnetostratigraphy, sedimentology, paleocurrent measurements, and 40Ar/39Ar and fission-track studies, to show that the central plateau was elevated by 40 Ma ago.
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Tibetan plateau aridification linked to global cooling at the Eocene–Oligocene transition
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet,Wout Krijgsman,Cor G. Langereis,Hemmo A. Abels,Shuang Dai,Xiaomin Fang,Xiaomin Fang +6 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that this global transition is linked to significant aridification and cooling in continental Asia recorded by palaeontological and palaeoenvironmental changes, and support the idea that global cooling is associated with the Eocene–Oligocene transition.
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Development of the East Asian monsoon: Mineralogical and sedimentologic records in the northern South China Sea since 20 Ma
TL;DR: In this paper, the past change of the East Asian monsoon since 20 Ma using samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea based on a multi-proxy approach including a monomineralic quartz isolation procedure, identification of clay minerals by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and grain-size analysis of isolated terrigenous materials.
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The tectonic evolution of the Songpan-Garzê (North Tibet) and adjacent areas from Proterozoic to Present: A synthesis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the Triassic Songpan-Garze fold belt and the actual eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and synthesize the tectonic and geodynamic history of this area.
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What controlled Mid-Late Miocene long-term aridification in Central Asia? - Global cooling or Tibetan Plateau uplift: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the evolution of Miocene climate (both moisture and temperature) within five separate regions of Eurasia to help understand the large scale controls of long-term moisture in Central Asia.
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Oblique Stepwise Rise and Growth of the Tibet Plateau
Paul Tapponnier,Xu Zhiqin,Françoise Roger,Bertrand Meyer,N. Arnaud,Gérard Wittlinger,Yang Jingsui +6 more
TL;DR: Two end member models of how the high elevations in Tibet formed are (i) continuous thickening and widespread viscous flow of the crust and mantle of the entire plateau and (ii) time-dependent, localized shear between coherent lithospheric blocks.
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Global silicate weathering and CO2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers
TL;DR: In this article, newly compiled data on the 60 largest rivers of the world are used to calculate the contribution of main lithologies, rain and atmosphere to river dissolved loads, and the relationship between the chemical weathering rates of silicates and the possible controlling parameters are explored.
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Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times
TL;DR: The results of a numerical climate-model experiment support the argument that the stages in evolution of Asian monsoons are linked to phases of Himalaya–Tibetan plateau uplift and to Northern Hemisphere glaciation.
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The carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years
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Tectonic forcing of late Cenozoic climate
TL;DR: In particular, tectonically driven increases in chemical weathering may have resulted in a decrease of atmospheric C02 concentration over the past 40 Myr as discussed by the authors. But this was not shown to be the case for the uplift of the Tibetan plateau and positive feedbacks initiated by this event.
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