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Global cooling and enhanced Eocene Asian mid-latitude interior aridity
J X Li1,2, L P Yue2,3, A P Roberts4
1Research Center for Orogenic Geology, Xi'an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Xi'an, 710054, China.
Nature Communications
|August 4, 2018
Summary
Tibetan Plateau uplift
Area of Science:
- Paleoclimatology
- Geology
- Tectonics
Background:
- Tibetan Plateau uplift is linked to Asian inland aridity and aeolian deposits.
- Earlier aridification and plateau building connections lack precise age constraints.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate the link between early aridification and Tibetan Plateau uplift.
- Analyze aeolian sequences for paleoclimate and tectonic insights.
Main Methods:
- Dating of a continuous aeolian sequence (>51 to 39 Ma) in the Xorkol Basin.
- Paleoclimatic analysis of aeolian deposits.
Main Results:
- The aeolian sequence predates significant Tibetan Plateau uplift.
- Local aridification correlates with global cooling patterns.
Conclusions:
- Early Asian inland aridity was primarily driven by global cooling, not Tibetan Plateau uplift.
- Aeolian sequences provide crucial data for paleoclimate reconstructions.
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