Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation

A Yin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite a long research history over the past 150 years, the geometry, kinematics, and
dynamic evolution of the Himalayan orogen remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to …

Granitic record of the assembly of the Asian continent

T Wang, Y Tong, H Huang, H Zhang, L Guo, Z Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

青藏高原及邻区大地构造单元初步划分

潘桂棠, 李兴振, 王立全, 丁俊, 陈智粱 - 地质通报, 2002 - dzhtb.cgs.cn
青藏高原及邻区大地构造单元的划分是当前该地区板块构造精细结构研究的关键,
也是板内构造研究的基础理论问题. 本文在前人工作的基础上, 结合青藏高原及邻区新一轮1∶ …

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 …

Cambrian bimodal volcanism in the Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet: record of an early Paleozoic Andean-type magmatic arc in the Australian proto-Tethyan margin

DC Zhu, ZD Zhao, Y Niu, Y Dilek, Q Wang, WH Ji… - Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reports new zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age and Hf-isotope, whole-rock major and
trace element, and Sr–Nd isotope data from Cambrian metavolcanic rocks in the central …

Early Palaeozoic orogenesis along the Indian margin of Gondwana: Tectonic response to Gondwana assembly

PA Cawood, MRW Johnson, AA Nemchin - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2007 - Elsevier
SHRIMP U–Pb dating of zircons from a peralkaline S-type Lesser Himalayan granite from
the Kathmandu region, Nepal indicate an age of emplacement of 475 Ma. The granites …

The Himalayan leucogranites: Constraints on the nature of their crustal source region and geodynamic setting

Z Guo, M Wilson - Gondwana Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Late Oligocene–Miocene leucogranites within southern Tibet form part of an extensive
intrusive igneous province within the Himalayan orogen. The main rock types are tourmaline …

Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction

L Godin, D Grujic, RD Law… - Geological Society, London …, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
The channel flow model aims to explain features common to metamorphic hinterlands of
some collisional orogens, notably along the Himalaya-Tibet system. Channel flow describes …

Petrogenesis of the Ramba leucogranite in the Tethyan Himalaya and constraints on the channel flow model

ZC Liu, FY Wu, WQ Ji, JG Wang, CZ Liu - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
The Himalayan leucogranites are critical for understanding the geodynamic process of
Himalayan orogenesis. In this article, we present petrological, geochronological and …

Extraordinary transport and mixing of sediment across Himalayan central Gondwana during the Cambrian–Ordovician

PM Myrow, NC Hughes, JW Goodge… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detrital zircon samples from Cambrian and Lower to Middle Ordovician strata were taken
across and along the strike of the Himalaya from Pakistan to Bhutan (∼ 2000 km). By …