Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

Building the Himalaya from tectonic to earthquake scales

L Dal Zilio, G Hetényi, J Hubbard… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Convergence of the Indian Plate towards Eurasia has led to the building of the
Himalaya, the highest mountain range on Earth. Active mountain building involves a …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
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 …

Tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan: An early Paleozoic orogen reactivated in the Cenozoic

AV Zuza, C Wu, RC Reith, A Yin, J Li… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Qilian Shan, located along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, has
experienced multiple episodes of tectonic deformation, including Neoproterozoic continental …

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic study of the Paleogene-Neogene strata in the Northern Qaidam Basin: Implications for the growth of the Northeastern Tibetan …

J Ji, K Zhang, PD Clift, G Zhuang, B Song, X Ke… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic terrestrial, intermontane Qaidam Basin on the northeastern edge of
the Tibetan Plateau contains> 12 km of sedimentary rocks that potentially document the …

Pre-Cenozoic geologic history of the central and northern Tibetan Plateau and the role of Wilson cycles in constructing the Tethyan orogenic system

C Wu, A Yin, AV Zuza, J Zhang, W Liu… - Lithosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In order to better constrain the evolution of the Tethyan orogenic system, we conducted an
integrated investigation involving U-Pb dating of igneous and detrital zircon, geochemical …

Cenozoic exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from low‐temperature thermochronology

W Wang, D Zheng, C Li, Y Wang, Z Zhang, J Pang… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau is related to the Cenozoic India‐Eurasia plate collision;
however, its growth and evolution to its present margins remain matters of debate. The …

Neogene expansion of the Qilian Shan, north Tibet: Implications for the dynamic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

J Pang, J Yu, D Zheng, W Wang, Y Ma, Y Wang… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Qilian Shan, at the northeastern frontier of the Tibetan Plateau, is a key area for
studying the expansion mechanism of the Tibetan Plateau. Although previous …

Understanding the geologic evolution of Northern Tibetan Plateau with multiple thermochronometers

G Zhuang, SA Johnstone, J Hourigan, B Ritts… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The early onset of deformation following the India-Asia collision, Neogene expanse of uplift,
and complex systems that comprise strike-slip faults, thrust faults, and intermontane basins …

Cenozoic cooling history of the North Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau, and the initiation of the Haiyuan fault: Constraints from apatite-and zircon-fission track …

B Li, X Chen, AV Zuza, D Hu, W Ding, P Huang, S Xu - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau resulted primarily from India-Asia convergence since
initial collision at 65–55 Ma. The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt and the left-slip strike …