• DOI:10.1038/35075035
Corpus ID: 4398615

Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times

@article{Zhisheng2001EvolutionOA,
  title={Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times},
  author={A. Zhisheng and J. Kutzbach and W. Prell and S. C. Porter},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2001},
  volume={411},
  pages={62-66}
}

• A. Zhisheng, J. Kutzbach, +1 author S. C. Porter
• Published 2001
• Geography, Medicine
• Nature

The climates of Asia are affected significantly by the extent and height of the Himalayan mountains and the Tibetan plateau. Uplift of this region began about 50 Myr ago, and further significant increases in altitude of the Tibetan plateau are thought to have occurred about 10–8 Myr ago, or more recently. However, the climatic consequences of this uplift remain unclear. Here we use records of aeolian sediments from China and marine sediments from the Indian and North Pacific oceans to identify… Expand