No connection between the Yangtze and Red rivers since the late Eocene

• Published in: Marine and petroleum geology Vol. 129; p. 105115
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zengjie, Daly, J. Stephen, Yan, Yi, Lei, Chao, Badenszki, Eszter, Sun, Xilin, Tian, Yuntao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Drainage evolution; Pb-in-K-Feldspar; Provenance; Red river; Yangtze river; Pb-in-K-Feldspar; Red river; Yangtze river; Provenance; Drainage evolution

The unusual drainage pattern in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau has been proposed to result from the breakup of a single paleo-Red River system. However, whether there or not was a major early Cenozoic “paleo-Red River” flowing from southeastern Tibet to the South China Sea is still highly debated....