Abstract:Mechanisms of northern Tibet crustal thickening are strongly debated. Here we present a high‐resolution and continuous record (24–4.8 Ma) of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and paleomagnetic declination from the Dahonggou section in the northern Qaidam Basin, northern Tibet. Our results reveal two major clockwise rotations of the regional paleostress field at ∼15 Ma (∼20°) and ∼8.4 Ma (∼15°), coeval with episodes of mountain building and basin deformation in northern Tibet. We suggest that simultaneous s… Show more
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