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Nature 439, 677-681 (9 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04506; Received 28 August 2005; Accepted 29 November 2005
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Palaeo-altimetry of the late Eocene to Miocene Lunpola basin, central Tibet
David B. Rowley1 & Brian S. Currie2
- Department of the Geophysical Sciences, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Geology, 114 Shideler Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
Correspondence to: David B. Rowley1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to D.B.R. (Email: drowley@uchicago.edu).
Abstract
The elevation history of the Tibetan plateau provides direct insight into the tectonic processes associated with continent–continent collisions. Here we present oxygen-isotope-based estimates of the palaeo-altimetry of late Eocene and younger deposits of the Lunpola basin in the centre of the plateau, which indicate that the surface of Tibet has been at an elevation of more than 4 kilometres for at least the past 35 million years. We conclude that crustal, but not mantle, thickening models, combined with plate-kinematic solutions of India–Asia convergence, are compatible with palaeo-elevation estimates across the Tibetan plateau.
- Department of the Geophysical Sciences, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Geology, 114 Shideler Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
Correspondence to: David B. Rowley1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to D.B.R. (Email: drowley@uchicago.edu).
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