Himalayan metamorphism and its tectonic implications

MJ Kohn - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The Himalayan range exposes a spectacular assemblage of metamorphic rocks from the
mid-and deep crust that have fostered numerous models of how the crust responds to …

Eclogites and other high-pressure rocks in the Himalaya: A review

PJ O'Brien - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
Himalayan high-pressure metamorphic rocks are restricted to three environments: the suture
zone; close to the suture zone; and (mostly) far (> 100 km) from the suture zone. In the NW …

Early Eocene (c. 50 Ma) collision of the Indian and Asian continents: Constraints from the North Himalayan metamorphic rocks, southeastern Tibet

H Ding, Z Zhang, X Dong, Z Tian, H Xiang, H Mu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite several decades of investigations, the nature and timing of the India–Asia collision
remain debated. In the western Himalaya, the leading edge of the Indian continent was …

Integrated pressure–temperature–time constraints for the T so M orari dome (N orthwest I ndia): implications for the burial and exhumation path of UHP units in the …

MR St‐Onge, N Rayner, RM Palin… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Northward subduction of the leading edge of the I ndian continental margin to depths greater
than 100 km during the early Eocene resulted in high‐pressure (HP) quartz‐eclogite to …

Petrochronology of Himalayan ultrahigh-pressure eclogite

DG Donaldson, AAG Webb, CA Menold… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The timing and nature of the India-Asia collision, Earth's largest ongoing continent-continent
collisional orogen, are unclear. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism of Indian continental …

Formation of amphibole and clinozoisite–epidote in eclogite owing to fluid infiltration during exhumation in a subduction channel

HJ Massonne - Journal of Petrology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Two eclogites, one from the southern Dabie Shan, China, and the other from the western
Erzgebirge, Germany, were studied because of amphibole and clinozoisite–epidote …

Secular change of metamorphic features in the Himalayan orogen during the Cenozoic and its tectonic implications

M Ji, XY Gao, QX Xia, YF Zheng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The Himalayan orogen is an archetype of collisional orogens built by the continental
collision between India and Asia in the Cenozoic, and it has been a natural laboratory for …

Rapid formation of eclogites during a nearly closed ocean: Revisiting the Pianshishan eclogite in Qiangtang, central Tibetan Plateau

W Dan, Q Wang, WM White, XZ Zhang, GJ Tang… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Pianshishan eclogites discovered in central Qiangtang are a key piece of evidence
constraining the main suture of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean in Tibet. Based on the eclogite …

The youngest eclogite in central Himalaya: P–T path, U–Pb zircon age and its tectonic implication

Y Wang, L Zhang, J Zhang, C Wei - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Relict omphacite inclusions have been discovered in mafic granulite at Dinggye of China,
confirming the existence of eclogite in central Himalayan orogenic belt. Detailed petrological …

Late orogenic heating of (ultra) high pressure rocks: slab rollback vs. slab breakoff

E Sizova, C Hauzenberger, H Fritz, SW Faryad… - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Some (ultra) high-pressure metamorphic rocks that formed during continental collision
preserve relict minerals, indicating a two-stage evolution: first, subduction to mantle depths …