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 …

Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

R Zhu, P Zhao, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-gaping triangular oceanic embayment
between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys Ocean was …

[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Birth and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean: A review from the Gerze area of central Tibet

S Li, C Yin, C Guilmette, L Ding, J Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean (BNTO) plays an
indispensable role in understanding the linkage between Gondwana dispersion and Tibetan …

Jurassic integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

D Huang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Jurassic stratigraphy in China is dominated by continental sediments. Marine
facies and marine-terrigenous facies sediment have developed locally in the Qinghai-Tibet …

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 …

Discriminating Qiangtang, Lhasa, and Himalayan sediment sources in the Tibetan Plateau by detrital-zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope facies

W Xue, X Hu, E Garzanti, A Ma, W Lai, C Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The detrital zircon has been most widely used in sediment provenance studies and basin
analysis over the past 20 years. With the accumulation of a bounty of detrital zircon ages …

Early Cretaceous sedimentary evolution of the northern Lhasa terrane and the timing of initial Lhasa-Qiangtang collision

W Lai, X Hu, E Garzanti, Y Xu, A Ma, W Li - Gondwana Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Lower Cretaceous strata in the Baingoin basin of the northern Lhasa terrane record initial
collision between the Lhasa and Qiangtang blocks, followed by the early uplift of central …

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 …

Aptian flysch in central Tibet: Constraints on the timing of closure of the Bangong‐Nujiang Tethyan Ocean

AB Luo, JJ Fan, YJ Hao, H Li, BC Zhang - Tectonics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The timing of the closure of the Bangong‐Nujiang Tethyan Ocean is highly controversial. An
important reason for this is that the sedimentological work within the Bangong‐Nujiang …