“…The Sr isotopic differentiation may be related to the distinct responses to tectonic uplift (Dai et al., 2006; Dupont‐Nivet et al., 2004) or climate change (Abels et al., 2011), which needs to be verified by future studies. At substage II, considering no significant change in regional climate and silicate weathering (Yang, Fang, et al., 2022; Yang, Han, et al., 2022) or global climate (Zachos et al., 2008) (Figure 10c,d), the onset of the rise in 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios may not reflect enhanced silicate weathering but rather an elevated proportion of solute supply from a high 87 Sr/ 86 Sr source area, that is, Qilian material input, as evidenced by a decrease in the ɛ Nd value of the GJS section close to the East Qilian Shan (Figure 8b) (Yang et al., 2023). At this time, the northeastern Tibetan Plateau experienced significant tectonic activity.…”