“…This mechanism seems analogous with the observed scenario in the Tibet‐Sichuan transition zone, namely, the Longmenshan area (Liu et al, ; Zhang et al, ). This mechanism is distinguishable, however, from those responsible for the uplift within the Tibet‐Ordos and Tibet‐Alxa transition zones that significantly depend upon upper crustal shortening processes above a weak midcrustal decollement (Gao et al, ; Guo et al, , ; Ye et al, ).…”