LIP printing is a term adapted from forensic science to describe the use of geochemical
proxies for tectonic and petrogenetic fingerprinting of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). Here …

Plate tectonics is the governing theory that unifies the Earth Sciences and is unique to Earth.
The sinking of lithosphere in subduction zones drives plate tectonics but exactly how and …

Integration of lithostratigraphic, magmatic, and metamorphic data from the Lhasa–Qiangtang
collision zone in central Tibet (including the Bangong suture zone and adjacent regions of …

Much of our understanding of ocean ridges has come from the collection and analysis of
glasses recovered from ridge axes. However, applying the resulting methodologies to …

Two geochemical proxies are particularly important for the identification and classification of
oceanic basalts: the Th–Nb proxy for crustal input and hence for demonstrating an oceanic …

Abstract The Bangong–Nujiang suture zone (BNSZ) is located in the central Tibetan
Plateau, and represents the relict of the Bangong–Nujiang Tethyan Ocean (BNTO). This …

In terms of high field strength element ratios Nb/Th, Zr/Nb, Nb/Y and Zr/Y, most basalts from
non-arc type Archean greenstones are similar to oceanic plateau basalts, suggestive of …

Autochthonous rocks of the pre-Cretaceous continental margin of NW South America (the
Tahami Terrane) are juxtaposed against a series of para-autochthonous rock units that …

Abstract The late Permian Emeishan large igneous province (ELIP) covers∼ 0.3× 10 6 km 2
of the western margin of the Yangtze Block and Tibetan Plateau with displaced, correlative …

We report the occurrences of the remnants of a Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau,
encompassing an area of~ 2× 10 5 km 2 in central Tibet. The plateau remnants include large …