Uplifting mechanism of the Tibetan Plateau inferred from the characteristics of crustal structures

A Smaller Greater India and a Middle‐Early Eocene Collision With Asia

(2023) Shuchen Jin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma

(2022) Weitao Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Velocity Anomalies Around the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Qiangtang Terrane, Central Tibetan Plateau From Triplicated P Waveforms

(2022) Guohui Li et al.   Earth and Space Science

Tibetan Plateau growth linked to crustal thermal transitions since the Miocene

(2022) Xiu-Zheng Zhang et al.   GEOLOGY

Mechanism for the Uplift of Gongga Shan in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau Constrained by 3D Magnetotelluric Data

(2022) Feng Jiang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Seismic Evidence for Stepwise Lithospheric Delamination Beneath the Tibetan Plateau

(2022) Yingkai Wu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Limited underthrusting of India below Tibet: 3 He/ 4 He analysis of thermal springs locates the mantle suture in continental collision

(2022) Simon L. Klemperer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three-dimensional electrical structure of the Huya fault and adjacent areas of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its geological significance

(2022) Ji'’en Dong et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

A small Greater India restored by Himalayan crustal mass balance calculations

(2022) Shunzhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Deep Electrical Structure of the Qilian Orogenic Belt with Dynamic Implications for the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Revealed by 3D Magnetotelluric Inversion Using Unstructured Tetrahedral Elements

(2022) Jianqiang Kang et al.   Lithosphere

Underthrusting and Pure Shear Mechanisms Dominate the Crustal Deformation Beneath the Core of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis as Inferred From High‐Resolution Receiver Function Imaging

(2022) Qiang Xu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Relationship of the Crustal Structure, Rheology, and Tectonic Dynamics Beneath the Lhasa‐Gangdese Terrane (Southern Tibet) Based on a 3‐D Electrical Model

(2022) Sheng Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

The role of pre‐existing crustal weaknesses in the uplift of the eastern Tibetan Plateau: 2D thermo‐mechanical modeling

(2021) Renxian Xie et al.   TECTONICS

Electrical structure of the eastern segment of the Qilian orogenic belt revealed by 3-D inversion of magnetotelluric data: New insights into the evolution of the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

(2021) Zhonghua Xin et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Initiation of Clockwise Rotation and Eastward Transport of Southeastern Tibet Inferred from Deflected Fault Traces and GPS Observations

(2021) Weijun Gan et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

Australian Plate Subduction is Responsible for Northward Motion of the India‐Asia Collision Zone and ∼1,000 km Lateral Migration of the Indian Slab

(2021) Andrew J. Parsons et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Magmatic Underplating Thickening of the Crust of the Southern Tibetan Plateau Inferred From Receiver Function Analysis

(2021) Zhen Liu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Growth of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Driven by Crustal Channel Flow: Evidence From High‐Resolution Ambient Noise Imaging

(2021) Panpan Zhao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Massive lithospheric delamination in southeastern Tibet facilitating continental extrusion

(2021) Jikun Feng et al.   National Science Review

Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

(2021) Rixiang Zhu et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Crustal azimuthal anisotropy and deformation beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas: Insights from receiver function analysis

(2021) Tuo Zheng et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Geological, geophysical and plate kinematic constraints for models of the India-Asia collision and the post-Triassic central Tethys oceans

(2020) Andrew J. Parsons et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Diachronous Tibetan Plateau landscape evolution derived from lava field geomorphology

(2020) Robert Law et al.   GEOLOGY

Paleoslab and plume signatures in the mantle transition zone beneath Eastern Himalaya and adjoining regions

(2020) Dipankar Saikia et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Spatial variation in the present-day stress field and tectonic regime of Northeast Tibet from moment tensor solutions of local earthquake data

(2020) Zhengyang Pan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Episodic Lithospheric Deformation in Eastern Tibet Inferred From Seismic Anisotropy

(2020) Xuewei Bao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Present‐Day Crustal Deformation of Continental China Derived From GPS and Its Tectonic Implications

(2020) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Insight Into Major Active Faults in Central Myanmar and the Related Geodynamic Sources

(2020) Chit Thet Mon et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Lateral variation of the mantle transition zone beneath the Tibetan Plateau: Insight into thermal processes during Indian–Asian collision

(2020) Mijian Xu et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

3‐D Magnetotelluric Imaging of the Easternmost Kunlun Fault: Insights Into Strain Partitioning and the Seismotectonics of the Jiuzhaigou Ms7.0 Earthquake

(2020) Xiangyu Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in Southeastern Tibet and its geodynamic implications

(2020) Zhiqi Zhang et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Electrical structure of the middle Qilian Shan revealed by 3-D inversion of magnetotelluric data: New insights into the growth and deformation in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

(2020) Hongda Liang et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

High‐Resolution 3‐D Shear Wave Velocity Model of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Crustal Deformation and Porphyry Cu Deposit Formation

(2020) Shuye Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

A plume-modified lithospheric barrier to the southeastward flow of partially molten Tibetan crust inferred from magnetotelluric data

(2020) Xin Li et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Localized foundering of Indian lower crust in the India–Tibet collision zone

(2020) Danian Shi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seismic attenuation tomography in southwestern China: Insight into the evolution of crustal flow in the Tibetan Plateau

(2020) Andy Dai et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

New Insights Into Crustal and Mantle Flow Beneath the Red River Fault Zone and Adjacent Areas on the Southern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Revealed by a 3‐D Magnetotelluric Study

(2020) Nian Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Mantle Transition Zone Structure Beneath Myanmar and Its Geodynamic Implications

(2020) Yiming Bai et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Lateral variations in lower crustal strength control the temporal evolution of mountain ranges: examples from south‐east Tibet

(2020) Camilla Penney et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

A new growth model of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau from high-resolution seismic imaging by improved double-difference tomography

(2020) Quan Sun et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Terrestrial heat flow of continental China: Updated dataset and tectonic implications

(2019) Guangzheng Jiang et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Continental collisions and the origin of subcrustal continental earthquakes

(2019) Dan Peter McKenzie et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Deformation of crust and upper mantle in central Tibet caused by the northward subduction and slab tearing of the Indian lithosphere: New evidence based on shear wave splitting measurements

(2019) Chenglong Wu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Defining the Limits of Greater India

(2019) Jun Meng et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Strain Rate Distribution in South‐Central Tibet From Two Decades of InSAR and GPS

(2019) Hua Wang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Subsurface structure and spatial segmentation of the Longmen Shan fault zone at the eastern margin of Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from focal mechanism solutions and stress field inversion

(2019) Xianrui Li et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Receiver-function imaging of the lithosphere at the Kunlun-Qaidam boundary, Northeast Tibet

(2019) Marianne S. Karplus et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Focal mechanism and stress field in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: insight into layered crustal deformations

(2019) Cunrui Han et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Upper‐Crustal Anisotropy of the Conjugate Strike‐Slip Fault Zone in Central Tibet Analyzed Using Local Earthquakes and Shear‐Wave Splitting

(2019) Chenglong Wu et al.   BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Electrical structure of the Kunlun–Qinling fault system, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from 3-D inversion of magnetotelluric data

(2019) Xiangyu Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Cyclical one-way continental rupture-drift in the Tethyan evolution: Subduction-driven plate tectonics

(2019) Bo Wan et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

The Crust in the Pamir: Insights From Receiver Functions

(2019) F.M. Schneider et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Multiscale spatial distribution of crustal seismic anisotropy beneath the northeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau and tectonic implications of the Haiyuan fault

(2019) Yu-tao Shi et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Present-day crustal deformation and strain transfer in northeastern Tibetan Plateau

(2018) Yuhang Li et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Complicated crustal deformation beneath the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau and its adjacent areas revealed by multi-station receiver-function gathering

(2018) Xiaoming Xu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lateral variations in the crustal structure of the Indo–Eurasian collision zone

(2018) Amy Gilligan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Stable isotopes reveal southward growth of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau since the Paleocene

(2018) Qiang Xu et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

A Comprehensive Analysis on the Stress Field and Seismic Anisotropy in Eastern Tibet

(2018) Yihai Yang et al.   TECTONICS

Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

(2018) Douwe G. van der Meer et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Deep-seated lithospheric geometry in revealing collapse of the Tibetan Plateau

(2018) Xiaoyu Guo et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Lateral Rheology Differences in the Lithosphere and Dynamics as Revealed by Magnetotelluric Imaging at the Northern Tibetan Plateau

(2018) Qibin Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Crustal Azimuthal Anisotropy Beneath the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its Geodynamic Implications

(2018) Tuo Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Constraining the timing of the India-Asia continental collision by the sedimentary record

(2017) XiuMian Hu et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Processes of initial collision and suturing between India and Asia

(2017) Lin Ding et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Anatomy of composition and nature of plate convergence: Insights for alternative thoughts for terminal India-Eurasia collision

(2017) WenJiao Xiao et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Analysis of the seismicity in central Tibet based on the SANDWICH network and its tectonic implications

(2017) Gaohua Zhu et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Subduction of the Indian slab into the mantle transition zone revealed by receiver functions

(2017) Yaohui Duan et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet

(2017) Min Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern and southeastern Tibet: New constraints on the Tengchong intraplate volcano and signatures of detached lithosphere under the western Yangtze Craton

(2017) Ruiqing Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Crustal Structure Beneath India and Tibet: New Constraints From Inversion of Receiver Functions

(2017) Arun Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Detailed Configuration of the Underthrusting Indian Lithosphere Beneath Western Tibet Revealed by Receiver Function Images

(2017) Qiang Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Nonuniform subduction of the Indian crust beneath the Himalayas

(2017) Xiaoyu Guo et al.   Scientific Reports

Extensional extrusion: Insights into south-eastward expansion of Tibetan Plateau from magnetotelluric array data

(2016) Hao Dong et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Vertical crustal movement around the southeastern Tibetan Plateau constrained by GPS and GRACE data

(2016) Ming Hao et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Speculations on the formation of cratons and cratonic basins

(2016) Dan McKenzie et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Recurring large deep earthquakes in Hindu Kush driven by a sinking slab

(2016) Zhongwen Zhan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Crustal anisotropy and deformation of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau revealed by Pms splitting

(2016) Yan Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Recent advances on the tectonic and magmatic evolution of the Greater Tibetan Plateau: A special issue in honor of Prof. Guitang Pan

(2016) Di-Cheng Zhu et al.   LITHOS

Crustal-scale duplexing beneath the Yarlung Zangbo suture in the western Himalaya

(2016) Rui Gao et al.   Nature Geoscience

Electrical resistivity structures of the Kunlun–Qaidam–Qilian system at the northern Tibet and their tectonic implications

(2016) Qibin Xiao et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Pliocene-Quaternary crustal melting in central and northern Tibet and insights into crustal flow

(2016) Qiang Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications

(2015) Jing Wu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Two crustal low-velocity channels beneath SE Tibet revealed by joint inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions

(2015) Xuewei Bao et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Receiver function imaging of crustal suture, steep subduction, and mantle wedge in the eastern India–Tibet continental collision zone

(2015) Danian Shi et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Mapping crustal structure beneath southern Tibet: Seismic evidence for continental crustal underthrusting

(2015) Qiang Xu et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Detection of the deep crustal structure of the Qiangtang terrane using magnetotelluric imaging

(2015) Sihong Zeng et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

The crustal structure of the western Himalayas and Tibet

(2015) Amy Gilligan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

The Moho beneath western Tibet: Shear zones and eclogitization in the lower crust

(2014) Zhongjie Zhang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Penetration of mid-crustal low velocity zone across the Kunlun Fault in the NE Tibetan Plateau revealed by ambient noise tomography

(2014) Chengxin Jiang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The coupling of Indian subduction and Asian continental tectonics

(2014) Anne Replumaz et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Eastward expansion of the Tibetan Plateau by crustal flow and strain partitioning across faults

(2014) Qi Yuan Liu et al.   Nature Geoscience

The distribution of the mid-to-lower crustal low-velocity zone beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau revealed from ambient noise tomography

(2014) Hongyi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Crustal flow pattern beneath the Tibetan Plateau constrained by regional Lg-wave Q tomography

(2013) Lian-Feng Zhao et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Crust and upper mantle resistivity structure at middle section of Longmenshan, eastern Tibetan plateau

(2013) Xuben Wang et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Crustal thickness map of the Chinese mainland from teleseismic receiver functions

(2013) Yonghua Li et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Rayleigh-Taylor instability, lithospheric dynamics, surface topography at convergent mountain belts, and gravity anomalies

(2013) Peter Molnar et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Crustal structure and deformation of the SE Tibetan plateau revealed by receiver function data

(2012) Ya Sun et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Crustal structure and rheology of the Longmenshan and Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake epicentral area from magnetotelluric data

(2012) G. Zhao et al.   GEOLOGY

Crustal anisotropy from Moho converted Ps wave splitting analysis and geodynamic implications beneath the eastern margin of Tibet and surrounding regions

(2012) Yun Chen et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Amount of Asian lithospheric mantle subducted during the India/Asia collision

(2012) Anne Replumaz et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Lower-crustal earthquakes in the West Kunlun range

(2011) Guo-Chin Dino Huang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

High resolution regional seismic attenuation tomography in eastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions

(2011) Xueyang Bao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Regional earthquakes in northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for lithospheric strength in Tibet

(2010) Songqiao Wei et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Crustal deformation of the eastern Tibetan plateau revealed by magnetotelluric imaging

(2010) Denghai Bai et al.   Nature Geoscience

Conductivity structure and rheological property of lithosphere in Southern Tibet inferred from super-broadband magnetotelluric sounding

(2010) WenBo Wei et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Seismic velocities in Southern Tibet lower crust: a receiver function approach for eclogite detection

(2009) Gérard Wittlinger et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment

(2009) J. Nabelek et al.   SCIENCE

Discordant contrasts of P- and S-wave speeds across the 660-km discontinuity beneath Tibet: A case for hydrous remnant of sub-continental lithosphere

(2008) Tai-Lin Tseng et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evidence for mechanically coupled lithosphere in central Asia and resulting implications

(2008) Chun-Yong Wang et al.   GEOLOGY

Surface wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis - II. Crustal and upper-mantle structure

(2008) Huajian Yao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Constraints on the early uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau

(2008) Chengshan Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Compressive stress field in the crust deduced from shear-wave anisotropy: an example in capital area of China

(2008) Yuan Gao et al.   Science Bulletin

Lithospheric structure and deep earthquakes beneath India, the Himalaya and southern Tibet

(2007) Keith Priestley et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

The influence of lithospheric thickness variations on continental evolution

(2007) Dan MKenzie et al.   LITHOS