Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

W **ao, BF Windley, C Han, W Liu, B Wan, J Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The architecture and mechanics of an orogen can be understood in terms of a system of
collages that are characterized by a complex assemblage of multiple components, but the …

The timing of India-Asia collision onset–Facts, theories, controversies

X Hu, E Garzanti, J Wang, W Huang, W An… - Earth-Science …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The timing of initial collision between India and Asia has remained controversial for half a
century. This paper attempts to review this crucial and hotly debated argument, describing …

[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 …

Highly fractionated Himalayan leucogranites and associated rare-metal mineralization

FY Wu, XC Liu, ZC Liu, RC Wang, L **e, JM Wang… - Lithos, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The formation of the Himalaya was associated with the exhumation of high-grade
metamorphosed rocks of the Higher Himalayan sequence (HHS) complex, which underwent …

The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

DC Zhu, ZD Zhao, Y Niu, Y Dilek, ZQ Hou, XX Mo - Gondwana Research, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Different hypotheses have been proposed for the origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the
Tibetan Plateau as a result of several collision events between a series of Gondwana …

Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

PG DeCelles, P Kapp, GE Gehrels, L Ding - Tectonics, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally
upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age …

Raising the Gangdese mountains in southern Tibet

DC Zhu, Q Wang, PA Cawood… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The surface uplift of mountain belts is in large part controlled by the effects of crustal
thickening and mantle dynamic processes (eg, lithospheric delamination or slab breakoff) …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis

A Yin - Tectonophysics, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Asia has been a major testing ground for various competing models of continental
deformation due to its relatively well-understood plate boundary conditions in the Cenozoic …

Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

Y Najman, E Appel, M Boudagher‐Fadel… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
A range of ages have been proposed for the timing of India‐Asia collision; the range to some
extent reflects different definitions of collision and methods used to date it. In this paper 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 …