Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth

Meijer, Niels; Licht, Alexis; Woutersen, Amber; Hoorn, Carina; Robin-Champigneul, Faez; Rohrmann, Alexander; Tagliavento, Mattia; Brugger, Julia; Kelemen, Fanni D.; Schauer, Andrew J.; Hren, Micheal T.; Sun, Aijun; Fiebig, Jens; Mulch, Andreas; Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume

doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01371-4

Nat. Geosci.

2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01371-4

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Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth

Niels Meijer,

Alexis Licht,

Amber Woutersen

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Dry hydroclimates in the late Palaeocene-early Eocene hothouse world

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Dry hydroclimates in the late Palaeocene-early Eocene hothouse world

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The progressive co-evolutionary development of the Pan-Tibetan Highlands, the Asian monsoon system and Asian biodiversity

Spicer,

Farnsworth,

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Within the ongoing controversy regarding the orogeny of the Tibetan Plateau region, two directly-conflicting endmember frameworks have emerged, where either: 1) a high central ‘proto-plateau’ existed prior to the onset of India-Asia continental collision, or 2) the early Paleogene central Tibet comprised a wide E-W oriented lowland ∼1-2 km above sea level, bounded by high (> 4.5 km) mountain systems. Reconstructing plateau development correctly is fundamental to running realistic Earth system models that explore monsoon and biodiversity evolution in the region. Understanding the interplay between monsoon dynamics, landscape and biodiversity are critical for future resource management. We explore the strengths and weaknesses of different palaeoaltimetric methodologies as applied across the Tibetan region. Combining methodologies, appreciating the vulnerabilities arising from their underlying assumptions and testing them using numerical climate models, produces consilience (agreement) allowing further refinement of both models and proxies. We argue that an east-west oriented Paleogene Central Tibetan Valley was a cradle and conduit for thermophilic biota seeding the modern regional biodiversity. The rise of eastern Tibet intensified regional rainfall and erosion, which increased topographic relief and biodiversification. Gradual monsoon development reflected the evolving topography, but modern-like Asian monsoons developed only after a plateau formed in the Miocene.

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Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth

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Dry hydroclimates in the late Palaeocene-early Eocene hothouse world

Dry hydroclimates in the late Palaeocene-early Eocene hothouse world

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