Geology The Yellow River first formed sometime during the Late Miocene, Pliocene or Pleistocene, as a result of the Tibetan Plateau being uplifted.Zhenbo Hu, Baotian Pan, Lianyong Guo, Jef Vandenberghe, Xiaopeng Liu, Junping Wang, Yunlong Fan, Junwei Mao, Hongshan Gao, Xiaofei Hu, Rapid fluvial incision and headward erosion by the Yellow River along the Jinshaan gorge during the past 1.2 Ma as a result of tectonic extension. Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 133, 2016, Pages 1–14, ISSN 0277-3791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.003.
Geology The Yellow River first formed sometime during the Late Miocene Pliocene or Pleistocene as a result of the Tibetan Plateau being upliftedZhenbo Hu Baotian Pan Lianyong Guo Jef Vandenberghe Xiaopeng Liu Junping Wang Yunlong Fan Junwei Mao Hongshan Gao Xiaofei Hu Rapid fluvial incision and headward erosion by the Yellow River along the Jinshaan gorge during the past 12 Ma as a result of tectonic extension Quaternary Science Reviews Volume 133 2016 Pages 1–14 ISSN 0277-3791 https//doiorg/101016/jquascirev201512003