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 …

Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

C Wang, J Dai, X Zhao, Y Li, SA Graham, D He, B Ran… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

Revised definition of large igneous provinces (LIPs)

SE Bryan, RE Ernst - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Much has been learned about Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and their database greatly
expanded since their first formal categorization in the early 1990s. This progress provides an …

The golden transformation of the Cretaceous plate subduction in the west Pacific

W Sun, X Ding, YH Hu, XH Li - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Long-term couplings between the subducting and overlying plates are very important to
understanding plate tectonics, in particular intraplate evolutions. Geological records of this …

[BOOK][B] Igneous rocks and processes: a practical guide

R Gill, G Fitton - 2022 - books.google.com
IGNEOUS ROCKS AND PROCESSES A practical introduction to igneous petrology for
students and practitioners The newly revised Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and …

[HTML][HTML] On the ages of flood basalt events

VE Courtillot, PR Renne - Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 2003 - Elsevier
We review available data constraining the extent, volume, age and duration of all major
Phanerozoic continental flood basalts (CFB or traps) and oceanic plateaus (OP), together …

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 …

Antarctica—before and after Gondwana

SD Boger - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The origin of the Antarctic continent can be traced to a relatively small late Archaean cratonic
nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region …

Calcareous nannofossils and Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events

E Erba - Marine micropaleontology, 2004 - Elsevier
Twenty-five years ago, Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) were documented and
formalised as intervals of widespread to global deposition of organic matter. The Toarcian …

Mid-Cretaceous marine Os isotope evidence for heterogeneous cause of oceanic anoxic events

H Matsumoto, R Coccioni, F Frontalini, K Shirai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During the mid-Cretaceous, the Earth experienced several environmental perturbations,
including an extremely warm climate and Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs). Submarine …