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[American Journal of Science, Vol. 309, January, 2009, P. 1– 42, DOI 10.2475/01.2009.01]

American Journal of Science JANUARY 2009

THE LATE MIOCENE THROUGH PRESENT PALEOELEVATION HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN TIBET J. E. SAYLOR*,†, J. QUADE*, D. L. DETTMAN*, P. G. DeCELLES*, P. A. KAPP*, and L. DING** ABSTRACT. Recent research using stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen from carbonates and fossil teeth seems to support both a pre- and post-mid-Miocene uplift of the southern Tibetan Plateau. We examined this issue by analysis of well-preserved fossil mollusks and plant remains from the Zhada Basin in southwestern Tibet, which ranges in age from ⬃ 9.2 to