[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

The Meso-Tethys Ocean: The nature, extension and spatial-temporal evolution

JJ Fan, BC Zhang, JB Zhou, Y Niu, SL Sun, JP Lv… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The nature, extension, and evolution of the Meso-Tethys still remain unclear to researchers,
and this has thereby hindered in-depth study of the Tethys tectonic domain. In this paper, we …

Assembly of the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes in central Tibet by divergent double subduction

DC Zhu, SM Li, PA Cawood, Q Wang, ZD Zhao, SA Liu… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Integration of lithostratigraphic, magmatic, and metamorphic data from the Lhasa–Qiangtang
collision zone in central Tibet (including the Bangong suture zone and adjacent regions of …

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Sangri Group Volcanic Rocks, Southern Lhasa Terrane: implications for the early subduction history of the Neo-Tethys and …

ZQ Kang, JF Xu, SA Wilde, ZH Feng, JL Chen… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sangri Group volcanic rocks are distributed along the southern margin of the
Lhasa Terrane on the northern side of the Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone. This Group …

Insight into zircon REE oxy-barometers: A lattice strain model perspective

X Zou, K Qin, X Han, G Li, NJ Evans, Z Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zircon rare earth element (REE) oxy-barometers have been widely used to calculate magma
oxygen fugacity. However, sometimes confusing results are obtained, such as extremely …

Northward subduction of Bangong–Nujiang Tethys: insight from Late Jurassic intrusive rocks from Bangong Tso in western Tibet

SM Li, DC Zhu, Q Wang, ZD Zhao, QL Sui, SA Liu… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract New zircon LA-ICPMS U–Pb age data, whole-rock major and trace elements, and
zircon Hf isotopic data of intrusive rocks from Larelaxin and Caima plutons in the southern …

Linking the Tengchong Terrane in SW Yunnan with the Lhasa Terrane in southern Tibet through magmatic correlation

JC **e, DC Zhu, G Dong, ZD Zhao, Q Wang, X Mo - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
New zircon U–Pb data, along with the data reported in the literature, reveal five phases of
magmatic activity in the Tengchong Terrane since the Early Paleozoic with spatial and …

Mesozoic to Cenozoic magmatic history of the Pamir

JB Chapman, SH Scoggin, P Kapp, B Carrapa… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
New geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic data for Mesozoic to Cenozoic igneous
rocks and detrital minerals from the Pamir Mountains help to distinguish major regional …

Reconstructing in space and time the closure of the middle and western segments of the Bangong–Nujiang Tethyan Ocean in the Tibetan Plateau

JJ Fan, C Li, M Wang, CM **e - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
When and how the Bangong–Nujiang Tethyan Ocean closed is a highly controversial
subject. In this paper, we present a detailed study and review of the Cretaceous ophiolites …

A 6000-km-long Neo-Tethyan arc system with coherent magmatic flare-ups and lulls in South Asia

X Zhang, SL Chung, YM Lai, AA Ghani… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magmatic arcs typically exhibit non-steady-state evolution with episodic flare-ups and lulls,
yet the main drivers remain contentious. Situated in the southwest margin of Southeast Asia …