Four Tethyan ocean basins are recognised in Asia, the Proto-Tethys (Late Proterozoic-
Silurian), Palaeo-Tethys (Middle Devonian-Late Triassic), Meso-Tethys (Middle Permian …

Present-day Asia comprises a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks, derived from the
Indian–west Australian margin of eastern Gondwana, and subduction related volcanic arcs …

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 …

Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits in collisional orogens are new targets for modern
mineral exploration, yet it is unclear why they preferentially occur in some specific tectonic …

Different hypotheses have been proposed for the origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the
Tibetan Plateau as a result of several collision events between a series of Gondwana …

The Lhasa Terrane in southern Tibet has long been accepted as the last geological block
accreted to Eurasia before its collision with the northward drifting Indian continent in the …

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 …

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 …

A range of ages have been proposed for the timing of India‐Asia collision; the range to some
extent reflects different definitions of collision and methods used to date it. In this paper we …

The elevation of the Tibetan plateau is a revolutionary event in the Earth history, which
resulted in change not only of Cenozoic regional and global climate but also of monsoon …