Deepwater fold and thrust belt classification, tectonics, structure and hydrocarbon prospectivity: A review

CK Morley, R King, R Hillis, M Tingay, G Backe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Deepwater fold and thrust belts (DWFTBs) are classified into near-field stress-driven Type 1
systems confined to the sedimentary section, and Type 2 systems deformed by either far …

The tectonic and metallogenic framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan mineral system

NJ Gardiner, LJ Robb, CK Morley, MP Searle… - Ore Geology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Myanmar is perhaps one of the world's most prospective but least explored minerals
jurisdictions, containing important known deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, gold, zinc, lead …

Locked and loading megathrust linked to active subduction beneath the Indo-Burman Ranges

MS Steckler, DR Mondal, SH Akhter, L Seeber… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Indo-Burman mountain ranges mark the boundary between the Indian and
Eurasian plates, north of the Sumatra–Andaman subduction zone. Whether subduction still …

Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar–An Andean analogue?

NJ Gardiner, MP Searle, LJ Robb, CK Morley - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Plate margin tectonism, magmatic and hydrothermal processes, and the genesis of mineral
deposits are intricately linked. In Myanmar two near-parallel magmatic belts, that together …

Weak crust in southeast Tibetan plateau revealed by Lg‐wave attenuation tomography: Implications for crustal material escape

X He, LF Zhao, XB Xie, X Tian… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous convergence between the Indian and Eurasian plates caused massive
lithospheric deformation in the Tibetan Plateau and led to excessive crustal material …

The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes: Tectonic and metallogenic implications

NJ Gardiner, MP Searle, CK Morley, LJ Robb… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Tethys margin in central and eastern Asia is comprised of continental terranes
separated by suture zones, some of which remain cryptic. Determining the crustal …

Direct structural evidence of Indian continental subduction beneath Myanmar

T Zheng, Y He, L Ding, M Jiang, Y Ai, CT Mon… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Indian continental subduction can explain Cenozoic crustal deformation, magmatic activity
and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau following the India-Asia collision. In the western Himalayan …

Structural and tectonic development of the Indo-Burma ranges

CK Morley, TT Naing, M Searle, SA Robinson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Burma Ranges form an enigmatic mountain belt, with fragments of
evidence for an early accretionary history (Jurassic Jade belt HP-LT metamorphism; Early …

Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Mogok Metamorphic and Jade Mines belts and ophiolitic terranes of Burma (Myanmar)

MP Searle, CK Morley, DJ Waters, NJ Gardiner… - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Mogok Metamorphic Belt is a north–south-aligned belt of mainly high-grade
metamorphic rocks and granites that extends the length of Burma (Myanmar) along the …

New GNSS and geological data from the Indo‐Burman subduction zone indicate active convergence on both a locked megathrust and the Kabaw Fault

B Oryan, PM Betka, MS Steckler… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Indo‐Burma subduction zone is a highly oblique subduction system where the
Indian plate is converging with the Eurasian plate. How strain is partitioned between the …