Paleogene high elevations in the Qiangtang Terrane, central Tibetan Plateau

Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and depositional environment of a Late Miocene/Pliocene fluviolacustrine succession, Cappadocian Volcanic Province, central Anatolia, Turkey

“…O values (-8.71‰ to -10.71‰ V-PDB) reflect the meteoric water under the influence of high-elevation precipitation (Xu et al, 2013). Similar δ…”

Evolution of the NE Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, constrained by the apatite fission track ages of the mountain ranges around the Xining Basin in NW China

“…50-30 Ma. During this period, the IndiaEurasia Collision occurred (Najman et al, 2010), the large-scale uplift of the Gandese and Qiangtang regions occurred due to the compression (Rohrmann et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2013;Ding et al, 2014), the western Qinling Fault in the northeastern QinghaiTibetan Plateau was active at ca. 50 Ma due to the India-Eurasia Collision Duvall et al, 2011), and the South Qilian Shan was thrust over the Qaidam Basin at ca.…”

Geochemistry of Eocene high-Mg# adakitic rocks in the northern Qiangtang terrane, central Tibet: Implications for early uplift of the plateau

“…suggested that the central plateau was at or near its modern elevation by 40 Ma on the basis of geological and geophysical data, and Spurlin et al (2005), Aikman et al (2008), Li et al (2012), Rohrmann et al (2012), and Q. Xu et al (2013) proposed that crustal thickening began in central Tibet during the Eocene based on tectonic and basin analysis. Those studies suggested that there was early elevation in central Tibet.…”