A prolonged Cenozoic erosional period in East Kunlun (Western China): Constraints of detrital apatite (U-Th)/He ages on the onset of mountain building along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

2018 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbei Shi ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Lin Wu ◽  
Liekun Yang ◽  
Weibin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Western China ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Mountain Building ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
East Kunlun

Breakup of the northern margin of Gondwana through lithospheric delamination: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau

2018 ◽  
Vol 131 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 675-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Liu ◽  
Chaoming Xie ◽  
Cai Li ◽  
Sanzhong Li ◽  
M. Santosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Northern Margin

Stable isotopic constraints on the tectonic, topographic, and climatic evolution of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

2009 ◽  
Vol 282 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malinda L. Kent-Corson ◽  
Bradley D. Ritts ◽  
Guangsheng Zhuang ◽  
Paul M. Bovet ◽  
Stephan A. Graham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
Stable Isotopic ◽  
Climatic Evolution ◽  
Isotopic Constraints

scholarly journals Early evidence for the use of wheat and barley as staple crops on the margins of the Tibetan Plateau

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (18) ◽  
pp. 5625-5630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade A. d’Alpoim Guedes ◽  
Hongliang Lu ◽  
Anke M. Hein ◽  
Amanda H. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
East Asia ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Niche Modeling ◽  
Western China ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Thermal Niche ◽  
Early Evidence ◽  
Early Use ◽  
Staple Crops

We report directly dated evidence from circa 1400 calibrated years (cal) B.C. for the early use of wheat, barley, and flax as staple crops on the borders of the Tibetan Plateau. During recent years, an increasing amount of data from the Tibetan Plateau and its margins shows that a transition from millets to wheat and barley agriculture took place during the second millennium B.C. Using thermal niche modeling, we refute previous assertions that the ecological characteristics of wheat and barley delayed their spread into East Asia. Rather, we demonstrate that the ability of these crops to tolerate frost and their low growing degree-day requirements facilitated their spread into the high-altitude margins of western China. Following their introduction to this region, these crops rapidly replaced Chinese millets and became the staple crops that still characterize agriculture in this area today.

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