Late Cretaceous charnockite with adakitic affinities from the Gangdese batholith, southeastern Tibet: evidence for Neo-Tethyan mid-ocean ridge subduction?

Z Zhang, G Zhao, M Santosh, J Wang, X Dong… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Gangdese batholith emplaced during the time span of Cretaceous to Neogene in the
southern Lhasa terrane of Tibet has been considered as a major constituent of an Andean …

Tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogenic belt, Central China: new evidence from geochemical, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes

Y Shi, JH Yu, M Santosh - Precambrian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Qinling orogenic belt (QOB) located between the North China Craton (NCC) and the
Yangtze Craton (YZC) is composed of the Northern Qinling Belt (NQB) and the Southern …

[PDF][PDF] Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska

D Bradley, T Kusky, P Haeussler… - SPECIAL PAPERS …, 2003 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT A mid-Paleocene to early Eocene encounter between an oceanic spreading
center and a subduction zone produced a wide range of geologic features in Alaska. The …

Early Paleozoic ridge subduction in the Chinese Altai: insight from the abrupt change in zircon Hf isotopic compositions

M Sun, XP Long, KD Cai, YD Jiang, BY Wang… - Science in China Series …, 2009 - Springer
Zircons were separated from granitoids, gneisses, and sedimentary rocks of the Chinese
Altai. Those with igneous characteristics yielded U-Pb ages of 280–2800 Ma, recording a …

Continental margin volcanism at sites of spreading ridge subduction: Examples from southern Alaska and western California

RB Cole, BW Stewart - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Episodes of spreading ridge subduction occurred during late Oligocene to early Miocene
time along western California and during late Paleocene to early Eocene time along …

Eocene volcanism above a depleted mantle slab window in southern Alaska

RB Cole, SW Nelson, PW Layer… - Geological Society of …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Caribou Creek volcanic field lies along the continent-side edge of forearc basin
rocks in south-central Alaska and consists of over 1000 m of shallow-dip** basalt and …

[HTML][HTML] Age, distribution and style of deformation in Alaska north of 60° N: Implications for assembly of Alaska

TE Moore, SE Box - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The structural architecture of Alaska is the product of a complex history of deformation along
both the Cordilleran and Arctic margins of North America involving oceanic plates …

Changing exhumation patterns during Cenozoic growth and glaciation of the Alaska Range: Insights from detrital thermochronology and geochronology

RO Lease, PJ Haeussler, P O'Sullivan - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic growth of the Alaska Range created the highest topography in North America, but
the space‐time pattern and drivers of exhumation are poorly constrained. We analyzed U/Pb …

Architecture of the Chugach accretionary complex as revealed by detrital zircon ages and lithologic variations: Evidence for Mesozoic subduction erosion in south …

JM Amato, TL Pavlis, PD Clift, EJ Kochelek… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction erosion is an important process at convergent margins but evidence in the
geologic record is scarce because the involved materials are typically lost into the mantle …

Dextral-slip reactivation of an arc-forearc boundary during Late Cretaceous-early Eocene oblique convergence in the northern Cordillera

SM Roeske, LW Snee, TL Pavlis - 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Border Ranges fault system forms the most fundamental crustal boundary
in southern Alaska, separating crystalline basement with Paleozoic and Mesozoic arc …