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 …

An overview of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Himalaya

BN Upreti - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 1999 - Elsevier
Nepal can be divided into the following five east–west trending major tectonic zones.(i) The
Terai Tectonic Zone which consists of over one km of Recent alluvium concealing the Churia …

Pb diffusion in monazite: a combined RBS/SIMS study

DJ Cherniak, EB Watson, M Grove… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
We report measurements of Pb diffusion in both synthetic (CePO4) and natural monazites
run under dry, 1-atm conditions. Powdered mixtures of prereacted CePO4 and PbZrO3 were …

Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: geochemical, zircon U–Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites …

Y Wang, A Zhang, W Fan, G Zhao, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
Gneissoid granites were traditionally thought to be the components of the Precambrian
basement in the eastern South China Block, but twenty-four gneissoid granite samples from …

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 …

Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet

ZM Zhang, X Dong, M Santosh, GC Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Lhasa terrane in southern Tibet is composed of Precambrian crystalline basement,
Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary strata and Paleozoic to Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This …

Tectonics of the northern Himalaya since the India–Asia collision

J Zhang, M Santosh, X Wang, L Guo, X Yang… - Gondwana …, 2012 - Elsevier
The India–Asia collision resulted in the construction of the vast Himalayan orogen. The
northern Himalayan domain began to experience extensional tectonics since Eocene …

Himalayan metamorphic sequence as an orogenic channel: insight from Bhutan

D Grujic, LS Hollister, RR Parrish - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2002 - Elsevier
The Bhutan Himalayas differ from the rest of the Himalayas in two major ways:(i) low-grade
sedimentary rocks lie above the Greater Himalayan Sequence as klippen (ie erosional …

Himalayan leucogranites and migmatites: nature, timing and duration of anatexis

RF Weinberg - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread anatexis was a regional response to the evolution of the Himalayan‐Tibetan
Orogen that occurred some 30 Ma after collision between Asia and India. This paper reviews …

Geochronologic and thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the Main Central Thrust, central Nepal Himalaya

EJ Catlos, TM Harrison, MJ Kohn… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The Main Central Thrust (MCT) juxtaposes the high‐grade Greater Himalayan Crystallines
over the lower‐grade Lesser Himalaya Formation; an apparent inverted metamorphic …