Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
Existence of a continental-scale river system in eastern Tibet during the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene
- Xudong Zhao,
- Huiping Zhang,
- Ralf Hetzel,
- Eric Kirby,
- Alison R. Duvall,
- Kelin X. Whipple,
- Jianguo Xiong,
- Yifei Li,
- Jianzhang Pang,
- Ying Wang,
- Ping Wang,
- Kang Liu,
- Pengfei Ma,
- Bo Zhang,
- Xuemei Li,
- Jiawei Zhang,
- Peizhen Zhang
Affiliations
- Xudong Zhao
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Huiping Zhang
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Ralf Hetzel
- Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Münster
- Eric Kirby
- Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Alison R. Duvall
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
- Kelin X. Whipple
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
- Jianguo Xiong
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Yifei Li
- Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jianzhang Pang
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Ying Wang
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Ping Wang
- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University
- Kang Liu
- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Pengfei Ma
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology
- Bo Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Xuemei Li
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Jiawei Zhang
- Lhasa National Geophysical Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
- Peizhen Zhang
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27587-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
This study provides evidence for a continental-scale river system that existed in eastern Tibet before the India-Asia collision. The river system developed an extensive low-relief landscape, which was uplifted and dissected during the late Cenozoic.
