Exploring a lost ocean in the Tibetan Plateau: Birth, growth, and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean

X Hu, A Ma, W Xue, E Garzanti, Y Cao, SM Li… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vast eastern-Tethyan oceanic domain that throughout the Mesozoic extended between
Gondwana and Eurasia was a puzzle of larger and smaller microcontinents separated by …

Jurassic tectonic evolution of Tibetan plateau: a review of bangong-nujiang Meso-Tethys Ocean

Y Liu, S Li, Q Zhai, Y Tang, P Hu, R Guo, Y Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Jurassic subduction of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethys Ocean is recognized as a
significant event in the geotectonic evolution of Tibetan Plateau. This study focuses on the …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su - Plant Diversity, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed
the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …

Reconciling orogenic drivers for the evolution of the Bangong‐Nujiang Tethys during Middle‐Late Jurassic

SM Li, Q Wang, DC Zhu, PA Cawood, RJ Stern… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying arc‐trench systems along with spatial and temporal variations in their record of
tectono‐magmatic events is crucial for determining the orogenic divers and evolution of …

Paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of Mesozoic Qiangtang basins (Tibet)

A Ma, X Hu, E Garzanti, M Boudagher-Fadel, W Xue… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the Mesozoic paleotectonic and paleogeographic evolution of marine
Qiangtang basins is essential for understanding the evolution of diverse Tethyan oceanic …

Late Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulite from the eastern Alxa Block, North China Craton

Y Wang, R Ge, Y Si - Precambrian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The timing and mechanism of ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) granulite facies metamorphism is
critical to understanding the tectono-thermal evolution of granulite terranes and their …

Detrital zircon provenance of the Indus Group, Ladakh, NW India: Implications for the timing of the India-Asia collision and other syn-orogenic processes

G Bhattacharya, DM Robinson… - GSA Bulletin, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The timing of the India-Asia collision is greatly debated and is critical for elucidating early
orogenic processes. This study documents, for the first time, evidence of India-Asia detrital …

Early Cretaceous foreland-like Northeastern Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications: insights from sedimentary investigations, detrital zircon U–Pb …

C Zhang, L Wu, W Chen, Y Zhang, A Xiao… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Cretaceous collision between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes is one
of the critical tectonic events that shaped the southern margin of the Eurasian continent, and …

Timing of rifting of the Dongkaco microcontinent (Central Tibet) and implications for Neo-Tethyan evolution

A Ma, X Hu, X Li, A Pullen, E Garzanti… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rifting of continental blocks away from northern Gondwana resulted in the development of
several Tethyan oceanic branches, the number of which and the timing of tectonic processes …

Provenance of the Phuquoc Basin fill, southern Indochina: Implication for Early Cretaceous drainage patterns and basin configuration in Southeast Asia

TA Nguyen, MBW Fyhn, JÅ Kristensen, LH Nielsen… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cretaceous basins cover large parts of mainland SE Asia. Yet, the development during the
Cretaceous is poorly understood including the establishment of the Cretaceous basin …