The timing of initial collision between India and Asia has remained controversial for half a
century. This paper attempts to review this crucial and hotly debated argument, describing …

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 …

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 …

The genesis of continental collision-related porphyry Cu deposits (PCDs) remains
controversial. The most common hypothesis links their genesis with magmas derived from …

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, composed of several continental slivers within the eastern
Tethyan domain, is one of the pivotal sites to examine to better understand the theory of …

The Lhasa Terrane in southern Tibet has long been accepted as the last geological block
accreted to Eurasia before its collision with the northward drifting Indian continent in the …

During the Mesozoic–Cenozoic, northward Neotethyan subduction and subsequent India–
Asia collision gave rise to the extensive Transhimalayan magmatism that stretches from …

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 …

Bulk-rock major and trace element, Sr–Nd isotope, zircon U–Pb and Hf-isotope data are
reported for Early Cretaceous igneous rocks sampled along an east–west traverse through …

The Gangdese belt is dominantly composed of igneous rocks that formed during the
northward subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa terrane and …