With its special place in the Earth, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is always a research hotspot to attract worldwide attentions. However, there remain many contentious issues to be further explored. This paper focuses on the analysis and the discussion of the uplift process, the geological evidences, and the formation and evolution process of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. This plateau is an unique geological unit, and has a strips-blocks interphase tectonic framework with crust of huge thickness. The geological evidences for the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau can be found in the paleontology, the sedimentology, the paleogeomorphology, the karstology and the paleomagnetism. However, these specific details of the uplift process might have different interpretations. Great progress has been made in detecting fine structures of the earth's crust and mantle. Now, some consensus has been reached among the academic circles on the location, the geometry and the movement direction of the subduction beneath the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau  /  geologic feature  /  formation and evolution  /  uplift