Toward an improved understanding of uplift mechanisms and the elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau
By: edited by Junsheng Nie, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Arid Environments and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, China, Brian K. Horton, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Gregory D. Hoke, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Contributors: Geological Society of America
Series: Special paper -- 507
Publisher: The Geological Society of America
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780813725079
Subjects: Structural Geology; Orogeny
Description: "Presents advances in the understanding of issues related to defining mechanisms responsible for topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Early Cretaceous to present latitude of the central proto-Tibetan Plateau : a paleomagnetic synthesis with implications for Cenozoic tectonics, paleogeography,and climate of Asia  -- Peter C. Lippert, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, and Guillaume Dupont-Nivet; title: Tectonics and topographic evolution of Namche Barwa and the easternmost Lhasa block, Tibet  -- Peter K. Zeitler, Anne S. Meltzer, Lucy Brown, William S.F. Kidd, Chul Lim, and Eva Enkelmann; title: Northern Lhasa thrust belt of central Tibet : evidence of Cretaceous-early Cenozoic shortening within a passive roof thrust system?  -- John E. Volkmer, Paul Kapp, Brian K. Horton, George E. Gehrels, Joseph M. Minervini, and Lin Ding; title: Mesozoic tectonic history and lithospheric structure of the Qiangtang terrane : insights from the Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet  -- Alex Pullen and Paul Kapp; title: Structure and detrital zircon geochronology of the Domar fold-thrust belt : evidence of pre-Cenozoic crustal thickening of the western Tibetan Plateau  -- Nickolas S. Raterman, Alexander C. Robinson, and Eric S. Cowgill; title: Cenozoic mountain building on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau  -- Richard O. Lease; title: Timing and spatial patterns of basin segmentation and climate change in northeastern Tibet -- Brian G. Hough, Carmala N. Garzione, Zhicai Wang, and Richard O. Lease.