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The development history of high topography in the northeastern (NE) Tibetan Plateau is essential to test various plateau growth models and understand plateau construction. We present integrated provenance data from the NE Qaidam Basin, south of the Qilian Shan. Results show an increase in carbonate lithics, an increase in AlO/SiO ratios, a negative shift in values and an appearance of large amounts of Precambrian zircon grains in the period of ca. 13–8 Ma, arguing that the sediment source of the NE Qaidam Basin may have shifted from the East Kunlun Shan to the Qilian Shan during this time interval. We infer that significant topographic growth of the southern Qilian Shan occurred during the middle‐late Miocene. Along with widespread middle to late Miocene deformation records across the Qilian Shan and abruptly shifts on provenance, sedimentary facies and climate indexes in its surrounding basins, present high topography of the NE Tibetan Plateau may have been established since the middle‐late Miocene.

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Integrated provenance analysis in the NE Qaidam Basin reveal topographic growth of the southern Qilian Shan during the middle‐late Miocene, from a lower relief region at ca. 13 Ma to a higher relief region at ca. 8 Ma.

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Keyword(s): middle‐late Miocene; NE Qaidam Basin; NE Tibetan Plateau; provenance analysis; Qilian Shan; topographic growth

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