Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Himalayan leucogranites: A review of geochemical and isotopic characteristics, timing of formation, genesis, and rare metal mineralization

HW Cao, QM Pei, M Santosh, GM Li, LK Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
As prototypes of crust-derived remelted S-type granite, Himalayan leucogranites have
considerable relevance in crustal evolution and associated metallogeny. However, given …

[PDF][PDF] 青藏高原地震活动特征及当前地震活动形势

邓起东, 程绍平, 马冀, 杜鹏 - 地球物理学报, 2014 - dsjyj.com.cn
摘要青藏高原是我国现代构造活动和地震活动最强烈的地区, 自有地震记录以来,
在高原内记录到多达18 次8 级以上巨大地震和100 余次7~ 7.9 级地震, 它们均发生在喜马拉雅 …

[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 …

The timing of India-Asia collision onset–Facts, theories, controversies

X Hu, E Garzanti, J Wang, W Huang, W An… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The timing of initial collision between India and Asia has remained controversial for half a
century. This paper attempts to review this crucial and hotly debated argument, describing …

Highly fractionated Himalayan leucogranites and associated rare-metal mineralization

FY Wu, XC Liu, ZC Liu, RC Wang, L Xie, JM Wang… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation of the Himalaya was associated with the exhumation of high-grade
metamorphosed rocks of the Higher Himalayan sequence (HHS) complex, which underwent …

Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

C Wang, J Dai, X Zhao, Y Li, SA Graham, D He, B Ran… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

PG DeCelles, P Kapp, GE Gehrels, L Ding - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally
upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic evolution of the Tethyan orogen: From subduction to collision

JP Richards - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic history of the Tethyan orogen
from the Carpathians to Indochina. Focus is placed on the formation of porphyry Cu±Mo±Au …

Detrital zircon geochronology of pre‐Tertiary strata in the Tibetan‐Himalayan orogen

G Gehrels, P Kapp, P DeCelles, A Pullen, R Blakey… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Detrital zircon data have recently become available from many different portions of the
Tibetan–Himalayan orogen. This study uses 13,441 new or existing U‐Pb ages of zircon …