East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau

Abstract The evolution of Cenozoic climate patterns in Asia has been linked to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), retreat of the Paratethys Sea, and global cooling. However, less attention has been placed on the latitudinal change of the TP. Here we report new climate modeling to explore how modern...

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Main Authors: Chenguang Zhu, Jun Meng, Yongyun Hu, Chengshan Wang, Jian Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082703
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description Abstract The evolution of Cenozoic climate patterns in Asia has been linked to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), retreat of the Paratethys Sea, and global cooling. However, less attention has been placed on the latitudinal change of the TP. Here we report new climate modeling to explore how modern climate changes as a function of topographic growth and spatial migration of the TP. Our results show that the northward displacement of the uplifted proto‐TP within the subtropics can significantly affect the wind and precipitation pattern over East‐Central Asia. By compiling proxy‐based climatic records, paleolatitudinal and paleoelevational evolution models of the proto‐TP, and in comparison with previous modeling under a global paleogeography, we suggest that the northward migration of the proto‐TP in the Paleogene could have intensified the aridity in Central Asia, but its influence on East Asian precipitation and monsoonal circulation could be dependent on the paleogeography and other boundary conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-87fd7d2c9fef49cea1149cb057ad32152025-08-20T03:44:57ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072019-07-0146148397840610.1029/2019GL082703East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan PlateauChenguang Zhu0Jun Meng1Yongyun Hu2Chengshan Wang3Jian Zhang4State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Beijing ChinaDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences School of Physics, Peking University Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaAbstract The evolution of Cenozoic climate patterns in Asia has been linked to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), retreat of the Paratethys Sea, and global cooling. However, less attention has been placed on the latitudinal change of the TP. Here we report new climate modeling to explore how modern climate changes as a function of topographic growth and spatial migration of the TP. Our results show that the northward displacement of the uplifted proto‐TP within the subtropics can significantly affect the wind and precipitation pattern over East‐Central Asia. By compiling proxy‐based climatic records, paleolatitudinal and paleoelevational evolution models of the proto‐TP, and in comparison with previous modeling under a global paleogeography, we suggest that the northward migration of the proto‐TP in the Paleogene could have intensified the aridity in Central Asia, but its influence on East Asian precipitation and monsoonal circulation could be dependent on the paleogeography and other boundary conditions.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082703
spellingShingle Chenguang Zhu
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East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau
Geophysical Research Letters
title East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau
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title_short East‐Central Asian Climate Evolved With the Northward Migration of the High Proto‐Tibetan Plateau
title_sort east central asian climate evolved with the northward migration of the high proto tibetan plateau
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082703
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