Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

[PDF][PDF] Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision

J Yuan, Z Yang, C Deng, W Krijgsman… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The India-Asia collision is an outstanding smoking gun in the study of continental
collision dynamics. How and when the continental collision occurred remains a long …

The metamorphic and magmatic record of collisional orogens

OM Weller, CM Mottram, MR St-Onge… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Cenozoic Himalaya-Tibet orogen is generally regarded as the archetypal
continental collision zone and is often used as an analogue for interpreting ancient orogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Triple-stage India-Asia collision involving arc-continent collision and subsequent two-stage continent-continent collision

J Yuan, C Deng, Z Yang, W Krijgsman, H Qin… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enigmatic geodynamic processes involved in the India-Asia collision shape our
understanding of uplift and deformation of the Tibetan Plateau and the subsequent changes …

A smaller greater India and a middle‐early Eocene collision with Asia

S **, X Sun, X **g, Z Zhang… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When and how the collision between India‐Asia occurred continue to be debated. We report
new paleomagnetic data (Ds= 158.8°, Is= 7.8°, ks= 81.3, α95= 5.1°, N= 11 sites) from …

Himalayan valley-floor widths controlled by tectonically driven exhumation

FJ Clubb, SM Mudd, TF Schildgen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Himalayan rivers transport around a gigaton of sediment annually to ocean basins.
Mountain valleys are an important component of this routing system: storage in these valleys …