Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

I Metcalfe - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Present-day Asia comprises a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks, derived from the
Indian–west Australian margin of eastern Gondwana, and subduction related volcanic arcs …

Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia

I Metcalfe - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Four Tethyan ocean basins are recognised in Asia, the Proto-Tethys (Late Proterozoic-
Silurian), Palaeo-Tethys (Middle Devonian-Late Triassic), Meso-Tethys (Middle Permian …

A paleolatitude calculator for paleoclimate studies

DJJ van Hinsbergen, LV De Groot, SJ van Schaik… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Realistic appraisal of paleoclimatic information obtained from a particular location requires
accurate knowledge of its paleolatitude defined relative to the Earth's spin-axis. This is …

Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

S Li, Y Suo, X Li, J Zhou, M Santosh, P Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mesozoic Western Pacific subduction system significantly impacted the North
China and South China blocks along the East Asian continental margin and influenced the …

[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data

J Westerweel, P Roperch, A Licht, G Dupont-Nivet… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Convergence between the Indian and Asian plates has reshaped large parts of Asia,
changing regional climate and biodiversity, yet geodynamic models fundamentally diverge …

Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

R Zhu, P Zhao, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-ga** triangular oceanic embayment
between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys Ocean was …

Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world

A Licht, M van Cappelle, HA Abels, JB Ladant… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The strong present-day Asian monsoons are thought to have originated between 25 and 22
million years (Myr) ago, driven by Tibetan–Himalayan uplift. However, the existence of older …

Philippine Sea and East Asian plate tectonics since 52 Ma constrained by new subducted slab reconstruction methods

J Wu, J Suppe, R Lu, R Kanda - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We reconstructed Philippine Sea and East Asian plate tectonics since 52 Ma from
28 slabs mapped in 3‐D from global tomography, with a subducted area of~ 25% of present …

Paleoenvironments shaped the exchange of terrestrial vertebrates across Wallace's Line

A Skeels, LM Boschman, IR McFadden, EM Joyce… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Faunal turnover in Indo-Australia across Wallace's Line is one of the most recognizable
patterns in biogeography and has catalyzed debate about the role of evolutionary and …