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Volume 20 Issue 2
Apr 2009
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Junling Pei, Zhiming Sun, Xisheng Wang, Yue Zhao, Xiaohong Ge, Xinzhuan Guo, Haibing Li, Jialiang Si. Evidence for Tibetan Plateau Uplift in Qaidam Basin before Eocene-Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications. Journal of Earth Science, 2009, 20(2): 430-437. doi: 10.1007/s12583-009-0035-y
Citation: Junling Pei, Zhiming Sun, Xisheng Wang, Yue Zhao, Xiaohong Ge, Xinzhuan Guo, Haibing Li, Jialiang Si. Evidence for Tibetan Plateau Uplift in Qaidam Basin before Eocene-Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications. Journal of Earth Science, 2009, 20(2): 430-437. doi: 10.1007/s12583-009-0035-y

Evidence for Tibetan Plateau Uplift in Qaidam Basin before Eocene-Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications

doi: 10.1007/s12583-009-0035-y
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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 40602027

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 40572122

China Geological Survey 1212010610105

China Geological Survey 1212010610108

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  • Corresponding author: Pei Junling, peijl@yahoo.com.cn
  • Received Date: 25 Nov 2008
  • Accepted Date: 20 Jan 2009
  • Geometry analysis of the Hongsanhan (红三旱) Section in the northwestern Qaidam basin illustrates the typical growth strata in the Xiaganchaigou (下干柴沟) Formation. The age and sedi-mentation rates of the Xiaganchaigou and the Shangganchaigou (上干柴沟) formations were determined by the high-resolution magnetostratigraphy. This result shows that the growth strata began to form at ca. 38.0 Ma and increased sedimentation rates occurred at ca. 37.0 Ma. The uplift of the Tibetan plateau before the Eocene-Oligocene boundary is confirmed, which enables us to better understand the relationship between climatic changes and the tectonic uplift. This uplift event could have resulted in the regional drying by blocking the moisture and contributed to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary global cooling event due to the declining atmospheric CO2 concentrations by increased weathering of the mountains.

     

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