Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet

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Research Article| June 01, 2005 Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet M.K. Clark; M.K. Clark 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar M.A. House; M.A. House 2Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar L.H. Royden; L.H. Royden 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar K.X Whipple; K.X Whipple 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar B.C. Burchfiel; B.C. Burchfiel 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar X. Zhang; X. Zhang 4Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar W. Tang W. Tang 4Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information M.K. Clark 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA M.A. House 2Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA L.H. Royden 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA K.X Whipple 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA B.C. Burchfiel 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA X. Zhang 4Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China W. Tang 4Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 08 Oct 2004 Revision Received: 28 Jan 2005 Accepted: 05 Feb 2005 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 The Geological Society of America, Inc. Geology (2005) 33 (6): 525–528. https://doi.org/10.1130/G21265.1 Article history Received: 08 Oct 2004 Revision Received: 28 Jan 2005 Accepted: 05 Feb 2005 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation M.K. Clark, M.A. House, L.H. Royden, K.X Whipple, B.C. Burchfiel, X. Zhang, W. Tang; Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet. Geology 2005;; 33 (6): 525–528. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G21265.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The age of surface uplift in southeastern Tibet is currently unknown, but the initiation of major river incision can be used as a proxy for the timing of initial uplift. The topographically high eastern plateau and gently dipping southeastern plateau margin are mantled by an elevated, low-relief relict landscape that formed at a time of slow erosion at low elevation and low tectonic uplift rates prior to uplift of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Thermochronology from deep river gorges that are cut into the relict landscape shows slow cooling between ca. 100 and ca. 10–20 Ma and a change to rapid cooling after ca. 13 Ma with initiation of rapid river incision at 0.25–0.5 mm/yr between 9 and 13 Ma. A rapid increase in mean elevation of eastern Tibet beginning at this time supports tectonic-climate models that correlate the lateral (eastern) expansion of high topography in Tibet with the late Miocene intensification of the Indian and east Asian monsoons. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.