Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

[PDF][PDF] Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'is a myth

RA Spicer, T Su, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth… - National Science …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The often-used phrase 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a
coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement …

[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 …

Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System

Y Dong, D He, S Sun, X Liu, X Zhou, F Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Kunlun Orogen is generally divided into the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB)
and the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (W-KOB) by the Altyn Tagh fault. The E-KOB forms part …

Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments

Y Wang, X Qian, PA Cawood, H Liu, Q Feng… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Phanerozoic record of Southeast Asia preserves the history of opening and
subsequent consumption of the Paleotethyan Ocean and the assembly of continental …

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 …

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 …

Accretionary processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Advances and perspectives

W **ao, D Song, BF Windley, J Li, C Han… - Science China Earth …, 2020‏ - Springer
As one of the largest Phanerozoic orogens in the world, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB) is a natural laboratory for studies of continental dynamics and metallogenesis. This …

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 …

Late Mesozoic tectonic evolution and growth of the Tibetan plateau prior to the Indo-Asian collision

KJ Zhang, YX Zhang, XC Tang, B **a - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The elevation of the Tibetan plateau is a revolutionary event in the Earth history, which
resulted in change not only of Cenozoic regional and global climate but also of monsoon …