Toward an improved understanding of uplift mechanisms and the elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau /

"Presents advances in the understanding of issues related to defining mechanisms responsible for topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nie, Junsheng, 1978- (Editor), Horton, Brian K., 1970- (Editor), Hoke, Gregory D., 1976- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2014.
Series:Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 507.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mesozoic tectonic history and lithospheric structure of the Qiangtang terrane : insights from the Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet / Alex Pullen and Paul Kapp
  • 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
  • Cenozoic mountain building on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau / Richard O. Lease
  • 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.