Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Tibetan ore deposits: A conjunction of accretionary orogeny and continental collision

J Deng, Q Wang, X Sun, L Yang, DI Groves, Q Shu… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the spatial-temporal distribution, geological and geochemical features,
and geophysical context of diverse types of Cenozoic ore deposits formed during India …

Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and …

Q Wang, L Yang, H Zhao, DI Groves, W Weng… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Although the term orogenic gold has become widely accepted over the past 20 years for
disseminated-to lode-style gold deposits that formed in a variety of tectonic environments …

Cenozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic processes in the Sanjiang region, southwestern China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau, and the western Yunnan region in southwestern
China constitute a collage of Gondwana-derived micro-continental blocks and arc terranes …

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 …

Origin of adakitic intrusives generated during mid-Miocene east–west extension in southern Tibet

ZQ Hou, YF Gao, XM Qu, ZY Rui, XX Mo - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Adakite is an intermediate to felsic rock with low K, high Al, Na and Sr, and depleted in Y and
HREE, usually occurring in arc settings related to subduction of an oceanic slab. Here we …

Processes of initial collision and suturing between India and Asia

L Ding, S Maksatbek, FL Cai, HQ Wang… - Science China Earth …, 2017‏ - Springer
The initial collision between Indian and Asian continents marked the starting point for
transformation of land-sea thermal contrast, uplift of the Tibet-Himalaya orogen, and climate …

Petrogenesis of Middle–Late Triassic volcanic rocks from the Gangdese belt, southern Lhasa terrane: Implications for early subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic …

C Wang, L Ding, LY Zhang, P Kapp, A Pullen, YH Yue - Lithos, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The Gangdese belt is dominantly composed of igneous rocks that formed during the
northward subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa terrane and …

Active structures of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and their relationships to earthquake distribution, contemporary strain field, and Cenozoic volcanism

M Taylor, A Yin - Geosphere, 2009‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We have compiled the distribution of active faults and folds in the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
and its immediate surrounding regions into a web-based digital map. The main product of …

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 …