Paleomagnetic constraints on the paleogeography of the East Asian blocks during Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic times

B Huang, Y Yan, JDA Piper, D Zhang, Z Yi, S Yu… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the axial and dominant geocentric character of the Earth's magnetic field means
that paleolongitude is indeterminate, paleomagnetism is otherwise the only truly quantitative …

The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

DC Zhu, ZD Zhao, Y Niu, Y Dilek, ZQ Hou, XX Mo - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Tethys tectonic evolution and its bearing on the distribution of important mineral deposits in the Sanjiang region, SW China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, C Li, C Wang - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau and NW Yunnan is known to have formed by
amalgamation of Gondwana-derived continental blocks and arc terranes as a result of …

Tectonic evolution of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

G Pan, L Wang, R Li, S Yuan, W Ji, F Yin… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Tectonic evolution of Sundaland

I Metcalfe - 2017 - archives.datapages.com
Sundaland, the continental core of SE Asia, is a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks
and volcanic arcs bounded by narrow suture zones that represent the remnants of ancient …

Oldest paleo-Tethyan ophiolitic mélange in the Tibetan Plateau

Q Zhai, B Jahn, J Wang, P Hu, S Chung, H Lee… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An early Paleozoic ophiolitic mélange has recently been documented in the west Gangma
Co area, north-central Tibetan Plateau. It is composed of serpentinite, isotropic and …

Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet

ZM Zhang, X Dong, M Santosh, GC Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Lhasa terrane in southern Tibet is composed of Precambrian crystalline basement,
Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary strata and Paleozoic to Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This …

Triassic eclogites from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet, China: petrology, geochronology and metamorphic P–T path

QG Zhai, RY Zhang, BM Jahn, C Li, SG Song, J Wang - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
High-pressure (HP)/low-temperature (LT) metamorphic rocks, such as eclogite and
blueschist, are generally regarded as an indicator of subduction-zone metamorphism …

The Carboniferous ophiolite in the middle of the Qiangtang terrane, Northern Tibet: SHRIMP U–Pb dating, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic characteristics

Q Zhai, B Jahn, J Wang, L Su, XX Mo, K Wang, S Tang… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Ophiolite plays a key role in identifying paleo-ocean and paleo-plate and rebuilding the
evolutionary history of ancient orogen. Mafic–ultramafic rocks are distributed in a broadly E …

Triassic subduction of the Paleo-Tethys in northern Tibet, China: evidence from the geochemical and isotopic characteristics of eclogites and blueschists of the …

QG Zhai, BM Jahn, RY Zhang, J Wang, L Su - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
A∼ 500km-long high-pressure metamorphic belt occurs in the Qiangtang Block of northern
Tibet. The occurrence of high-pressure metamorphic rocks (eclogite and blueschist) has a …