Himalayan leucogranites: A review of geochemical and isotopic characteristics, timing of formation, genesis, and rare metal mineralization

HW Cao, QM Pei, M Santosh, GM Li, LK Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As prototypes of crust-derived remelted S-type granite, Himalayan leucogranites have
considerable relevance in crustal evolution and associated metallogeny. However, given …

Tibetan ore deposits: A conjunction of accretionary orogeny and continental collision

J Deng, Q Wang, X Sun, L Yang, DI Groves, Q Shu… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the spatial-temporal distribution, geological and geochemical features,
and geophysical context of diverse types of Cenozoic ore deposits formed during India …

[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 diversity and evolution of late-Archean granitoids: Evidence for the onset of “modern-style” plate tectonics between 3.0 and 2.5 Ga

O Laurent, H Martin, JF Moyen, R Doucelance - Lithos, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The end of the Archean aeon (3.0–2.5 Ga) was a period of fundamental change in many
aspects of the geological record. In Archean cratons, this timespan is marked by a …

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 …

Gangdese magmatism in southern Tibet and India–Asia convergence since 120 Ma

DC Zhu, Q Wang, SL Chung, PA Cawood… - Geological Society …, 2019‏ - lyellcollection.org
A compilation of 290 zircon U–Pb ages of intrusive rocks indicates that the Gangdese
Batholith in southern Tibet was emplaced from c. 210 Ma to c. 10 Ma. Two intense magmatic …

Contrasting geochemical signatures of fluid-absent versus fluid-fluxed melting of muscovite in metasedimentary sources: The Himalayan leucogranites

LE Gao, L Zeng, PD Asimow - Geology, 2017‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Most of the Himalayan Cenozoic leucogranites are products of partial melting of
metapelite sources. In the Malashan-Gyirong area (southern Tibet), the geochemical …

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 …

Extensive crystal fractionation of high-silica magmas revealed by K isotopes

ZZ Wang, FZ Teng, FY Wu, ZC Liu, XC Liu, SA Liu… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Fractional crystallization plays a critical role in generating the differentiated continental crust
on Earth. However, whether efficient crystal-melt separation can occur in viscous felsic …