Tectono-thermal evolution of the Qilian orogenic system: Tracing the subduction, accretion and closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean

S Yu, Y Peng, J Zhang, S Li, M Santosh, Y Li, Y Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Qilian orogenic system in the northern Tibetan Plateau records the complete tectonic
cycle from opening of Proto-Tethys Ocean, initial subduction, to continental subduction and …

[HTML][HTML] An oblique subduction model for closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans and creation of the Central China Orogenic Belt

MB Allen, S Song, C Wang, R Zeng, T Wen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Subduction and closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans were important
events in the assembly of Eurasia, and created the Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) …

Lajishankou ophiolite complex: Implications for Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional events in the South Qilian belt

C Fu, Z Yan, Z Wang, S Buckman, JC Aitchison… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Lajishan ophiolite complex in the Qilian Orogen is one of several ophiolites situated
between the Qaidam and North China blocks that record episodic closure of the Proto …

Provenance analysis of the Yumen Basin and northern Qilian Shan: Implications for the pre-collisional paleogeography in the NE Tibetan plateau and eastern …

F Cheng, C Garzione, M Jolivet, W Wang, J Dong… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the pre-collisional paleogeography in the NE Tibetan plateau provides
insights into the growth mechanisms of the northern portion of the plateau in the Cenozoic …

IBM-type forearc magmatism in the Qilian Orogen records evolution from a continental to an intra-oceanic arc system in the Proto-Tethyan Ocean

T Wen, S Song, C Wang, MB Allen, J Dong, D Feng… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forearc magmatism in IBM-type intra-oceanic arc systems is crucial for understanding the
processes of subduction initiation and subsequent evolution of the arc system. Here we …

Multiple subduction processes of the Proto-Tethyan Ocean: Implication from Cambrian intrusions along the North Qilian suture zone

C Fu, Z Yan, JC Aitchison, W Xiao, S Buckman… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cambrian mafic to felsic intrusive rocks intruding Precambrian rocks are recognized along
the southern margin of the North Qilian suture zone. These intrusive rocks predate final …

[HTML][HTML] 祁连山蛇绿岩带和原特提斯洋演化

宋述光, 吴珍珠, 杨立明, 苏犁, 夏小洪, 王潮, 董金龙… - 岩石学报, 2019 - html.rhhz.net
位于阿拉善地块和柴达木地块之间的祁连造山带记录原特提斯洋扩张, 俯冲, 闭合,
大陆边缘增生和碰撞造山的完整过程. 从南向北, 祁连造山带发育有三条平行排列 …

Accommodation of India–Asia convergence via strike-slip faulting and block rotation in the Qilian Shan fold–thrust belt, northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

F Cheng, AV Zuza, PJ Haproff, C Wu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
Existing models of intracontinental deformation have focused on plate-like rigid body motion
v. viscous-flow-like distributed deformation. To elucidate how plate convergence is …

Subduction initiation at the Solomon back‐arc basin: Contributions from both island arc rheological strength and oceanic plateau collision

L Wang, L Dai, W Gong, S Li, X Jiang… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally accepted that the subduction polarity reversal (SPR) results from the strong
collision of two plates. Yet, the SPR of the Solomon Back‐arc Basin is started in the “soft …

Insights into OIB-like magmatism contemporaneous with oceanic subduction: Petrogenetic constraints on the Kendelong metagabbro in the North Qaidam

X Gao, S Yu, Y Peng, P Lv, M Wang, Y Liu, S Li… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with the statement of the mantle plume hypothesis for large-scale plus high-
volume intraplate magmatism, a series of OIB-like mafic rocks which are low-volume and …