Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 165-169.

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Initiation of East Asian monsoon system related to Tibetan Plateau uplift from the latest Oligocene to the earliest Miocene

  

  1. ①Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; ②Associate Professor, ③CAS Member, Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
  • Online:2014-06-25 Published:2014-06-25

Abstract: The East Asian climate were transformed from a zonal pattern to a monsoon-dominated pattern from the latest Oligocene to the earliest Miocene (25~22 Ma). Recent geological evidence indicates significant uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau during this interval, timely coupled with the initiation of East Asian monsoon system and onset of desertification in the Asian interior, thus supporting the modeling results that the initiation of East Asian monsoon system is mainly related to the uplift of northern Tibetan Plateau.