Early Pleistocene drainage pattern changes in Eastern Tibet: Constraints from provenance analysis, thermochronometry, and numerical modeling

•New detrital zircon U-Pb ages suggest river capture in E. Tibet after Late Pliocene.•New thermochronometric ages reveal regional rapid incision in the Late Miocene.•Young thermochronometric ages indicate enhanced river incision due to capture.•Topographic and numerical modeling indicate an Early Pleistocene river capture.•River capture is caused by the local fault and incision postdates regional uplift.