Continental crustal growth processes recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, southern Tibet

DC Zhu, Q Wang, RF Weinberg… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The continental crust in the overriding plate of the India-Asia collision zone in southern Tibet
is characterized by an overthickened layer of felsic composition with an underlying granulite …

A model of plate tectonic framework for the Southeast Asia margin in the mid-Cretaceous

X Luan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent IODP drillings in the South China Sea (SCS) have greatly enhanced our
understanding of the tectonics and evolution of the SCS, but also raised new questions on …

Greater Kerguelen large igneous province reveals no role for Kerguelen mantle plume in the continental breakup of eastern Gondwana

HKH Olierook, Q Jiang, F Jourdan… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The link between mantle plumes and continental breakup remain a topic of debate. Here, a
new 40 Ar/39 Ar age of 135.9±1.2 Ma (2σ) and previous ages from the Bunbury Basalt–lava …

Geochronological results from the Zhela Formation volcanics of the Tethyan Himalaya and their implications for the breakup of eastern Gondwana

J Liang, W Bian, X Jiao, W Peng, J Ma, S Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The relationship between the Kerguelen mantle plume and the breakup of eastern
Gondwana is still debated. The new Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb dating of 139.9±4.6 Ma, as well …

Compositional changes with incremental growth of the Quxu granite batholith, southern Tibet: Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry

YZ Zhang, XL Wang, Y Guan, XM Hu, JY Li, DH Du… - Lithos, 2024 - Elsevier
How to reconstruct the detailed processes and identify the key factors of incremental growth
to form a large granite batholith is controversial. Such in-depth investigations along …

Magmatic records of Gondwana assembly and break-up in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, northeast India

G Oinam, AK Singh, A Dutt, S Khogenkumar, M Joshi… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Indian sub-continent was an integral part of the Gondwana supercontinent with multiple
magmatic episodes during the Gondwana assembly and break-up events. However, most of …

Tetrad effect of rare earth elements caused by fractional crystallization in high-silica granites: An example from central Tibet

X Shuai, SM Li, DC Zhu, Q Wang, LL Zhang, Z Zhao - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining the formation mechanism (fractional crystallization vs. melt-fluid interaction) of
the REE tetrad effect in high-silica granites is critical for understanding trace elemental …

Terminal stage of divergent double subduction: Insights from Early Cretaceous magmatic rocks in the Gerze area, central Tibet

AB Luo, JJ Fan, DY Sun, H Wu, YP Yu, BC Zhang… - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Divergent double subduction (DDS) plays an important role in facilitating tectonic processes
such as ocean closure, accretion and amalgamation of magmatic arcs, and continental …

Geology and geochemistry-based metallogenic exploration model for the eastern Tethys Himalayan metallogenic belt, Tibet

W Zheng, B Liu, JM McKinley, MR Cooper… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tethyan Himalaya is the fourth metallogenic belt discovered to date within the
Tibetan Plateau and contains chromite, gold and Sb–polymetallic mineralization. The belt …

Early Cretaceous Greater Kerguelen Large Igneous Province and its plumbing systems: A contemplation on concurrent magmatic records of the eastern Indian Shield …

RK Srivastava - Geological Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed contemplation is attempted to comprehend the likely connection of a large
number of Early Cretaceous mafic, felsic, alkaline (kimberlite, lamproites, ultramafic …