Zircon dating of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian ophiolites in West Mongolia and implications for the timing of orogenic processes in the central part of the Central Asian …

P Jian, A Kröner, B Jahn, BF Windley, Y Shi… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present new isotopic and trace element data to review the geochronological/
geochemical/geological evolution of the central part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt …

Fore‐arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana system

MK Reagan, O Ishizuka, RJ Stern… - Geochemistry …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent diving with the JAMSTEC Shinkai 6500 manned submersible in the Mariana fore arc
southeast of Guam has discovered that MORB‐like tholeiitic basalts crop out over large …

Evolution of a Permian intraoceanic arc–trench system in the Solonker suture zone, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, China and Mongolia

P Jian, D Liu, A Kröner, BF Windley, Y Shi, W Zhang… - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
The identification of a fossil arc–trench system from the ophiolite-decorated Solonker suture
zone in the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) enables us to constrain the …

Time scale of an early to mid-Paleozoic orogenic cycle of the long-lived Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Inner Mongolia of China: implications for continental growth

P Jian, D Liu, A Kröner, BF Windley, Y Shi, F Zhang… - Lithos, 2008 - Elsevier
We present a detailed, new time scale for an orogenic cycle (oceanic accretion–subduction–
collision) that provides significant insights into Paleozoic continental growth processes in the …

Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time

RJ Stern - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earth is the only known planet with subduction zones and plate tectonics, and this fact
demonstrates that special conditions are required for this mode of planetary heat loss …

The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes in central Iran: new geological data, relationships and tectonic implications

S Bagheri, GM Stampfli - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes occupy the NW part of the
Central-East Iranian Microcontinent and are juxtaposed with the Great Kavir block and …

The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: A review of the best-known archive of shallow subduction on the planet

AD Chapman - International Geology Review, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California are an
archetypal example of an exhumed shallow subduction complex.'The schist'comprises …

[HTML][HTML] The petrogenesis of modern and ophiolitic lavas reconsidered: Ti-V and Nb-Th

JW Shervais - Geoscience Frontiers, 2022 - Elsevier
Tectonic discrimination diagrams are a key tool for understanding ancient volcanic rock
origins. In this contribution we compile over 15,000 whole rock compositions to re-evaluate …

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Eastern Erenhot ophiolitic complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Inner Mongolia–Daxinganling Orogenic Belt

Z Zhang, K Li, J Li, W Tang, Y Chen, Z Luo - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Erenhot ophiolitic complex (EOC) is one of the numerous fragments of
oceanic lithosphere in southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. It is composed dominantly …

Supra-subduction and abyssal mantle peridotites of the Coast Range ophiolite, California

SH Choi, JW Shervais, SB Mukasa - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The Coast Range ophiolite (CRO) of California is one of the most extensive tracts of
oceanic crust preserved in the North American Cordillera, but its origin has long remained …