The vast eastern-Tethyan oceanic domain that throughout the Mesozoic extended between
Gondwana and Eurasia was a puzzle of larger and smaller microcontinents separated by …

Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

The Mesozoic stratigraphic record of the southern Qiangtang basin in central Tibet records
the evolution and closure of the Bangong‐Nujiang ocean to the south. The Jurassic …

In addition to fluids, the concept of sediment‐derived melts infiltrating the fore‐arc mantle
during subduction initiation has been proposed based on studies of modern subduction …

Abstract Knowledge of the timing of the closure of the Meso-Tethys Ocean as represented by
the Bangong–Nujiang Suture Zone, ie, the timing of the Lhasa-Qiangtang collision, is critical …

The Jurassic subduction of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethys Ocean is recognized as a
significant event in the geotectonic evolution of Tibetan Plateau. This study focuses on the …

This paper reports zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope, whole-rock major and trace element,
and whole-rock Sr–Nd–Hf isotope data of the dacites from Rena Tso and mafic rocks …

The subduction polarity and related arc–magmatic evolutional history of the Bangong–
Nujiang Ocean, which separated the South Qiangtang terrane to the north from the North …

The formation of the Shiquanhe–Yunzhug–Namu Tso ophiolite mélange zone (SNMZ)
within the Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau, is key to understanding the Mesozoic tectonic …

This study deals with arc-type and subsequent bimodal volcanic rocks interbedded with
(late) Cretaceous sedimentary formations near Gaize, central Tibet that shed new light on …