Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation

A Yin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Despite a long research history over the past 150 years, the geometry, kinematics, and
dynamic evolution of the Himalayan orogen remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to …

Propagation of the deformation and growth of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogen: A review

Y Li, C Wang, J Dai, G Xu, Y Hou, X Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Long-standing problems in the geological evolution of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogen
include where the India–Asia convergence was accommodated and how the plateau grew …

[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 …

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 …

Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

PG DeCelles, P Kapp, GE Gehrels, L Ding - Tectonics, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally
upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis

A Yin - Tectonophysics, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Asia has been a major testing ground for various competing models of continental
deformation due to its relatively well-understood plate boundary conditions in the Cenozoic …

Reconstructing Greater India: Paleogeographic, kinematic, and geodynamic perspectives

DJJ van Hinsbergen, PC Lippert, S Li, W Huang… - Tectonophysics, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Key in understanding the geodynamics governing subduction and orogeny is reconstructing
the paleogeography of 'Greater India', the Indian plate lithosphere that subducted since …

Crustal-scale duplexing beneath the Yarlung Zangbo suture in the western Himalaya

R Gao, Z Lu, SL Klemperer, H Wang, S Dong, W Li… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
The fate of the Indian plate during continental collision with Asian terranes, and the
proportion of the Indian crust that is underthrust or subducted beneath Tibet as opposed to …

Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

PG DeCelles, DM Robinson, G Zandt - Tectonics, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent research in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt provides two new sets of observations that
are crucial to understanding the evolution of the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogenic system. First …

Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India

DJJ van Hinsbergen, P Kapp, G Dupont‐Nivet… - …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing problem in the geological evolution of the India‐Asia collision zone is how
and where convergence between India and Asia was accommodated since collision …