@article{e114282c4262489483b217f8b88a8ad1,
title = "The role of the westerlies and orography in Asian hydroclimate since the late Oligocene",
abstract = "Interactions between midlatitude westerlies and the Pamir-Tian Shan mountains significantly impact hydroclimate patterns in Central Asia today, and they played an important role in driving Asian aridification during the Cenozoic. We show that distinct westeast hydroclimate differences were established over Central Asia during the late Oligocene (ca. 25 Ma), as recorded by stable oxygen isotopic values of soil carbonates. Our climate simulations show that these differences are present when relief of the Pamir-Tian Shan is higher than 75% of modern elevation (~3000 m). Integrated with geological evidence, we suggest that a significant portion of the Pamir-Tian Shan orogen had reached elevations of ~3 km and acted as a moisture barrier for the westerlies since ca. 25 Ma.",
author = "Xin Wang and Barbara Carrapa and Yuchen Sun and Dettman, {David L.} and Chapman, {James B.} and {Caves Rugenstein}, {Jeremy K.} and Clementz, {Mark T.} and DeCelles, {Peter G.} and Mi Wang and Jie Chen and Jay Quade and Fei Wang and Zaijun Li and Ilhomjon Oimuhammadzoda and Mustafo Gadoev and Gerrit Lohmann and Xu Zhang and Fahu Chen",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Huayu Lu, John Bershaw, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 41672158), the second Tibetan Funding Information: Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (grant 2019QZKK0602), the U.S. National Science Foundation (grant EAR-1450917), and the Helmholtz Postdoc Program (grant PD-301). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Authors.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1130/G47400.1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "48",
pages = "728--732",
journal = "Geology",
issn = "0091-7613",
publisher = "Geological Society of America",
number = "7",
}