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Tibetan Plateau

A large hot spring bubbles and steams in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau.
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Hot Springs Suggest How the Tibetan Plateau Became the Roof of the World

by Saima Sidik 20 April 202221 April 2022

Helium isotopes found in water samples provide a snapshot of what lies beneath the plateau and stimulate debate within the geosciences community.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

新研究验证青藏高原“果冻三明治”结构

by Morgan Rehnberg 13 December 202113 December 2021

受2008年汶川地震后收集的位置数据的约束的计算机建模表明,下地壳的粘性比其下方的上地幔要小。

A GPS observation site used to gather data from the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that occurred at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in western China in 2008.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Support for a “Jelly Sandwich” Model of the Tibetan Plateau

by Morgan Rehnberg 1 November 202113 December 2021

Computer modeling constrained by positional data collected in the aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake indicates the lower crust is less viscous than the upper mantle below it.

Four maps of the Red River region in different periods of geologic history showing composition of sediment samples
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A River Ran Through It

by P. van der Beek 19 August 202011 November 2021

The history of river system in southeast Tibet and Indochina reconstructed using the ages of thousands of zircon sand grains in modern and ancient river sediments.

Researchers map continental deformation in northwestern Tibet.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Insights into Continental Deformation in Northwestern Tibet

by Terri Cook 9 May 201813 April 2022

A new surface velocity map shows strain localized along major strike-slip features, suggesting the central Tibetan Plateau is not deforming as a fluid in response to gravitational collapse.

Posted inEditors' Vox

A Landscape Shaped by Wind

by Z. Dong 8 March 201824 February 2022

High-altitude aeolian research on the Tibetan Plateau offers insights into the past, present, and future.

Fossil skeleton of a woolly rhinoceros
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Fossils Provide New Clues to Tibetan Plateau’s Evolution

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 20173 May 2022

The bones of ancient rhinos, elephants, and fish constrain when the Tibetan Plateau rose high enough to prevent migration, a move that forced animals to adapt to high-altitude conditions.

Deformed and metamorphosed rocks may be left over from subduction processes during the growth of the Himalaya
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Unraveling the History of the India-Asia Collision

by Terri Cook 15 May 201713 April 2022

A study of deformed and metamorphosed rocks exposed in Tibet’s Lopu Range suggests that episodes of crustal shortening and extension during the evolution of the Himalaya are related to subduction processes.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Dynamics of the Earth's Surface in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

by Kate Wheeling 22 May 201511 January 2022

River erosion increased rapidly following rock uplift events in the plateau approximately 11 million years ago.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seismic Wave Modeling Goes Local

by E. Betz 5 February 201513 April 2022

A new technique brings accurate models of traveling seismic waves to a regional scale.

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