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 …

Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet

ZM Zhang, X Dong, M Santosh, GC Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Lhasa terrane in southern Tibet is composed of Precambrian crystalline basement,
Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary strata and Paleozoic to Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This …

Tethys tectonic evolution and its bearing on the distribution of important mineral deposits in the Sanjiang region, SW China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, C Li, C Wang - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau and NW Yunnan is known to have formed by
amalgamation of Gondwana-derived continental blocks and arc terranes as a result of …

Oldest paleo-Tethyan ophiolitic mélange in the Tibetan Plateau

Q Zhai, B Jahn, J Wang, P Hu, S Chung, H Lee… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An early Paleozoic ophiolitic mélange has recently been documented in the west Gangma
Co area, north-central Tibetan Plateau. It is composed of serpentinite, isotropic and …

Paleo-Tethyan evolution of Tibet as recorded in the East Cimmerides and West Cathaysides

Z Xu, Y Dilek, H Cao, J Yang, P Robinson, C Ma… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleozoic-early Mesozoic geology of Tibet was controlled by the rift-drift,
seafloor spreading and subduction zone tectonics of a Paleo-Tethyan realm, which evolved …

Triassic eclogites from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet, China: petrology, geochronology and metamorphic P–T path

QG Zhai, RY Zhang, BM Jahn, C Li, SG Song, J Wang - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
High-pressure (HP)/low-temperature (LT) metamorphic rocks, such as eclogite and
blueschist, are generally regarded as an indicator of subduction-zone metamorphism …

The Carboniferous ophiolite in the middle of the Qiangtang terrane, Northern Tibet: SHRIMP U–Pb dating, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic characteristics

Q Zhai, B Jahn, J Wang, L Su, XX Mo, K Wang, S Tang… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Ophiolite plays a key role in identifying paleo-ocean and paleo-plate and rebuilding the
evolutionary history of ancient orogen. Mafic–ultramafic rocks are distributed in a broadly E …

Triassic subduction of the Paleo-Tethys in northern Tibet, China: evidence from the geochemical and isotopic characteristics of eclogites and blueschists of the …

QG Zhai, BM Jahn, RY Zhang, J Wang, L Su - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
A∼ 500km-long high-pressure metamorphic belt occurs in the Qiangtang Block of northern
Tibet. The occurrence of high-pressure metamorphic rocks (eclogite and blueschist) has a …

Discovery of an eclogite belt in the Lhasa block, Tibet: a new border for Paleo-Tethys?

J Yang, Z Xu, Z Li, X Xu, T Li, Y Ren, H Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
A newly discovered eclogite belt in the eastern part of the Lhasa Block, Tibet, is about 500–
1000m wide and at least 60km long in an E–W direction. The eclogites occur as tectonic …

Paleomagnetic data bearing on the Mesozoic deformation of the Qiangtang Block: Implications for the evolution of the Paleo-and Meso-Tethys

M Yan, D Zhang, X Fang, H Ren, W Zhang, J Zan… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Paleomagnetism has played an important role in quantifying the Mesozoic evolution of
“Proto-Tibet”. In this paper, we present new paleomagnetic data from five Middle-Upper …