Geologic evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

A Yin, TM Harrison - Annual review of earth and planetary …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
A review of the geologic history of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen suggests that at least 1400
km of north-south shortening has been absorbed by the orogen since the onset of the Indo …

Eocene magmatism in the Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet

L Zeng, LE Gao, S Tang, K Hou, C Guo… - … Society, London, Special …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Recent studies in the Yardoi gneiss dome of the Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet
demonstrated that the Himalayan orogenic belt experienced a major episode of crustal …

Tectonics of Western Tibet, between the Tarim and the Indus

P Matte, P Tapponnier, N Arnaud, L Bourjot… - Earth and Planetary …, 1996 - Elsevier
A Tarim to Indus traverse provides insight into the tectonics of western Tibet. The Kunlun
was the site of a Mid-Paleozoic collision. At least three phases of post-Paleozoic accretion …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism

SL Chung, MF Chu, Y Zhang, Y Xie, CH Lo, TY Lee… - Earth-Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cenozoic magmatism on the Tibetan plateau shows systematic variations in space and time
that must be considered in models concerning Tibetan tectonic evolution. After the India …

Propagation of the deformation and growth of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogen: A review

Y Li, C Wang, J Dai, G Xu, Y Hou, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-standing problems in the geological evolution of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogen
include where the India–Asia convergence was accommodated and how the plateau grew …

Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet

ZM Zhang, X Dong, M Santosh, GC Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Lhasa terrane in southern Tibet is composed of Precambrian crystalline basement,
Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary strata and Paleozoic to Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This …

Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet

P Kapp, MA Murphy, A Yin, TM Harrison, L Ding… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
In the Shiquanhe area of far‐western Tibet, mid‐Cretaceous strata lie unconformable on
ophiolitic melange and Jurassic flysch associated with the Bangong‐Nujiang suture zone …

Late Oligocene–early Miocene transformation of postcollisional magmatism in Tibet

Z Guo, M Wilson - Geology, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is thought to be one of the most important orogenic and
climate forcing events of the Cenozoic Era, associated with geodynamic changes related to …

Middle Miocene paleoaltimetry of southern Tibet: Implications for the role of mantle thickening and delamination in the Himalayan orogen

BS Currie, DB Rowley, NJ Tabor - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The stable isotope composition of pedogenic and early diagenetic carbonates from the
Oiyug Basin of southern Tibet allows model estimates of the paleoaltimetry of the Tibetan …