New evidence from stable isotope for the uplift of mountains in northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

New data of oxygen and carbonate isotope in calcite cements from Cenozoic rocks inthe Jianggelesayi area to reconstruct the uplift history of mountains in northern edge of the Qing-hai-Tibetan Plateau are presented. Analyses results show that rapid changes of δO and δC inthe calcite cement occurred in both the Early Oligocene and Early Miocene. Studies on sedimen-tary features indicate that a rapid up-coarsing of the sediments size occurred in the Early Miocene,and sedimentary velocity increased rapidly during the Pliocene and Early Quaternary. Thus, it issuggested that the uplift of mountains in the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau initiatedfrom the Early Oligocene, and a rapid uplift occurred in the early stage of the Miocene, while thesharp difference in topography between the northern plateau and the Tarim Basin predominatelyformed later than the Miocene.