Nature and development of the South Tianshan-Solonker suture zone

HD Li, JB Zhou, SA Wilde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was generated through multiple collisional
and accretionary events in the Paleo-Asian Ocean, a major global ocean that existed from …

Paradigms, new and old, for ultrahigh-pressure tectonism

BR Hacker, TV Gerya - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
Regional ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terranes exhibit a spectrum of lithological,
structural and petrological characteristics that result from the geodynamic processes that …

Pre-Cenozoic geologic history of the central and northern Tibetan Plateau and the role of Wilson cycles in constructing the Tethyan orogenic system

C Wu, A Yin, AV Zuza, J Zhang, W Liu… - Lithosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In order to better constrain the evolution of the Tethyan orogenic system, we conducted an
integrated investigation involving U-Pb dating of igneous and detrital zircon, geochemical …

The collision between the Yili and Tarim blocks of the Southwestern Altaids: geochemical and age constraints of a leucogranite dike crosscutting the HP–LT …

J Gao, R Klemd, Q Qian, X Zhang, J Li, T Jiang, Y Yang - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
A ca. 600m-long, 0.5–20m-wide NW–SE trending granite dike crosscuts the high pressure–
low temperature (HP–LT) Tianshan metamorphic belt, the foliation of which is parallel to the …

Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes–the view from China

JG Liou, WG Ernst, RY Zhang, T Tsujimori… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to mineralogical modifications of continental
and oceanic crustal protoliths±associated mafic-ultramafic rocks initially formed or emplaced …

Extensional tectonics in the North Atlantic Caledonides: a regional view

H Fossen - 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Extensional structures characterize significant parts of the North Atlantic Caledonides.
Silurian extensional deformation took place, particularly in the heated crust in the southern …

Size and exhumation rate of ultrahigh-pressure terranes linked to orogenic stage

ARC Kylander-Clark, BR Hacker… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
A growing set of data indicates a stark contrast between the evolution of two types of
ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) terranes: large terranes that evolved slowly (over 10–30Myr), and …

[HTML][HTML] Exhumation of an eclogite terrane as a hot migmatitic nappe, Sveconorwegian orogen

C Möller, J Andersson, B Dyck, IA Lundin - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
We demonstrate a case of eclogite exhumation in a partially molten, low-viscosity fold nappe
within high-grade metamorphosed crust in the Eastern Segment of the Sveconorwegian …

'Taters versus sliders: Evidence for a long-lived history of strike-slip displacement along the canadian arctic transform system (CATS)

WC McClelland, JV Strauss, M Colpron, JA Gilotti… - 2021 - repository.arizona.edu
Recent field-based studies indicate that the northern margin of North America is best
interpreted as a tectonic boundary that experienced a long, complex history of strike-slip …

Exhumation mechanisms of melt‐bearing ultrahigh pressure crustal rocks during collision of spontaneously moving plates

E Sizova, T Gerya, M Brown - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A series of 2D petrological–thermomechanical numerical experiments was conducted to:(i)
characterize the variability of exhumation mechanisms of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic …