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Monday, November 7, 2011

Tibetan plateau uplift and its impacts on China

The impressive uplift of the Tibetan plateau over the Quaternary period (averaging just over 1mm a year - sounds slow, but for long term uplift this is spectacular!) has had important consequences for the landscape, climate and ecology of China.  These impacts are nicely and simply explained in this article by Dianfa Zhang and colleagues in 2000 in Environmental Geology:

http://activetectonics.asu.edu/teaching/GLG494-ICOG/Tibetan%20Plateau.pdf

Check it out as it will help you understand the complex links between tectonic uplift, denudation and climate.

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