Growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau
By: edited by R. Gloaguen and L. Ratschbacher
Series: Geological Society special publications -- no. 353
Publisher: Geological Society
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781862393264
Subjects: Lithosphere; Deformation of Surfaces; Structural Geology; Plateaus; Boundary layer (Meteorology)
Description: Despite agreement on first-order features and mechanisms, critical aspects of the origin and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, such as the exact timing and nature of collision, the initiation of plateau uplift, and the evolution of its height and width, are disputed, untested or unknown. This book gathers papers dealing with the growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau. The timing, the underlying mechanisms, their interactions and the induced surface shaping, contributing to the Tibetan Plateau evolution are tightly linked via coupled and feedback processes. We present interdisciplinary contributions allowing insight into the complex interactions between lithospheric dynamics, topography building, erosion, hydrological processes and atmospheric coupling. The book is structured in four parts: early processes in the plateau formation; recent growth of the Tibetan Plateau; mechanisms of plateau growth; and plateau uplift, surface processes and the monsoon.
Notes: 1 folded map (38 cm. x 26 cm.) partly colored inserted between p.130-131.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau: introduction; title: Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonothermal evolution of the eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau (Songpan-Garzê, Longmen Shan area): insights from thermochronological data and simple thermal modeling; title: Early Cretaceous Gangdese retroarc foreland basin evolution in the Selin Co basin, central Tibet: evidence from sedimentology and detrital zircon geochronology; title: Metamorphic evolution of the Tethyan Himalayan flysch in SE Tibet; title: Indication for clockwise rotation in the Siang window south of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and new geochronological constraints for the area; title: Discontinuous low-velocity zones in southern Tibet question the viability of the channel flow model; title: The seismological structure of the Tibetan Plateau crust and mantle down to 700 km depth; title: Rifting and strike-slip shear in central Tibet and the geometry, age and kinematics of upper crustal extension in Tibet; title: Tectonic geomorphology along the eastern margin of Tibet: insights into the pattern and processes of active deformation adjacent to the Sichuan Basin; title: Incision rate of the Yellow River in Northeastern Tibet constrained by ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al cosmogenic isotope dating of fluvial terraces: implications for catchment evolution and plateau building; title: Neotectonic constraints on the Gaxun Nur inland basin in north-central China, derived from remote sensing, geomorphology and geophysical analyses; title: Rock type, precipitation, and the steepness of Himalayan threshold hillslopes.