Relief evolution in Mongolia during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

Abstract

The paper describes the relief of Mongolia and main stages of its evolution (Early-Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic, Neocomian, Aptian-Albian, Late Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene, Pleistocene). An extreme youthfulness of the Mongolian topography is stressed, as well as importance of the neotectonic and climatic control. Evidences of former epochs of relief-formation are found in the present-day topography.